We just love these Christmas Tree Cupcakes. Not only do they look fantastic, they taste fantastic too. Our friends at Billington’s and Anchor Butter have teamed up to create this easy step by step recipe which makes 12 wonderful little Christmas Tree Cupcakes. Great for keeping little hands busy!
Serves: 12/ Prep time: 15 minutes/ Baking time: 25 minutes
For the cupcakes
50g Cocoa powder
175g Self-raising flour
1 tsp Baking powder
225g Billington’s Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
225g unsalted butter
3 Free range large eggs
1 tsp Nielsen-massey chocolate extract
For the Buttercream
500g Icing Sugar
160g Unsalted butter
50ml Milk (whole)
Few drops of green food colouring
1 Pot of Christmas sprinkles
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 5) and line a muffin tin with muffin cases.
Step 2:
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one, mixing well in between, then add the chocolate extract. Finally fold in the flour, cocoa and baking powder until well combined.
Step 3:
Spoon the mixture evenly into the cases and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until they are springy to the touch and a skewer comes out clean.
Step 4:
To make the buttercream use an electric mixer or hand mixer to mix the icing sugar and butter together until you get a breadcrumb texture, then add the milk and mix on high speed until and fluffy. Add a few drops of green food colouring to the buttercream and mix until you get a ‘Christmas tree’ green colour.
Step 5:
Pipe the buttercream onto the cakes in a pyramid and top the ‘trees’ with festive sprinkles for the perfect finishing touch.
