Christmas Cupcakes

A few simple easy ideas to decorate cupcakes for Christmas. Cover each cupcake with butter cream or icing.

Put some dessicated coconut on a plate. Dip each cupcake into the coconut do this by holding each one upside down.

Add decorations, sprinkles , candied fruit and candles to light.

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Christmas Cupcakes

This is an idea for Christmas cupcakes that I have got from seeing traditional Christmas cakes in the UK.
Make your favourite cupcakes. I suggest Vanilla cupcakes with some added spices such as ground cloves.
Let the cupcake cool.
Method 1
Spread apricot jam on the top of the cupcakes.
Place a selection of fruit and nuts onto the top of each cupcake such as walnuts, glace cherries in different colours, almonds, stem ginger,soft pieces of dates and prunes and cashews.
Drizzle warm apricot jam over the fruits and nuts to create a shiny glaze.
Serve
Method 2
Buy ready made marzipan or make your own.
Roll out and cut out a piece to fit the top of each cupcake.
Spread apricot jam on the top of each cupcake.
Place a circle of marzipan on the top of each cupcake.
Spread apricot jam on the top of the marzipan.
Place a selection of fruit and nuts on to the top of each cupcake.
Drizzle warm apricot jam onto the fruit and nuts to glaze.
Serve.
Method 3
Make butter cream by mixing together unsalted butter, icing sugar 1/2 and 1/2. Add some brandy to the butter cream.
Spread the butter cream onto each cupcake.
Add fruit and nuts and glaze with warm apricot jam.
Serve
I am sure these would be delicious cupcakes
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Thanks to everyone

Hi, to all my readers. I have been away in New Zealand for a few weeks so I could not do the blog as frequently or get back to all the comments.
I tried yesterday to get back to everyone who came by and left comments recently. I have answered any questions that were left.
It is that time of the year when I want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and thanks to every one who has been to my blog in 2008.
I am looking forward to 2009 and wish everyone a Happy New Year.
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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

I felt in indulgent mood and made Chocolate Chip Cupcakes. We keep going for 7 mile walks in the countryside and working up an appetite. Hence the chocolate cravings for chocolate heaven cupcakes. This is my recipe for Chocolate Chip Cupcakes.
Ingredients
4 oz--110gm--1/2cup caster sugar
4 oz--110gm--1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine
4 oz--110gm--1 cup plain flour
1 oz--25gm--1/8 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 eggs 1 tablespoon of milk
1/4 cup of chocolate chips
Method
Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with a mixer or wooden spoon
Add the eggs one at a time and beat each one well.
Add the milk and mix. Add the flour, baking powder ,cocoa powder (sieve together into the bowl with the other ingredients)chocolate chips and mix gently together.
Divide into cup cases and fill 2/3 s full.
Large cupcakes cook at for 15 to 20 minutes, small cupcakes for 12 to 15 minutes, both at gas 5, 375F or 190C in the middle of an oven.
Remove and cool
I topped off with butter cream and more chocolate chips
Try lots of cocoa in the butter cream
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Tiger Cupcakes

I went to Chester Zoo recently. I had very mixed emotions in the zoo. I felt really upset about the elephants but I had to balance these feelings with the good work the zoo does to conserve endangered species from all parts of the world.
The last time I saw a tiger was in Ranthamboure National Park in India, an awesome experience.
Go to RANTHAMBOURE
These tiger cupcakes are to remind me of how we need to save the tigers in the wild.
The base of the cupcakes can be any recipe you choose. I just topped with butter cream and a plastic tiger.
They could be good for a birthday party on an animal theme, a theme of India or a big cat theme.
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Zoo Cupcakes

These two cupcakes are joined together with long chocolate mints, six of them in all. They connect two cupcakes to make a cage. I put a plastic monkey inside. The question is to cage animals or not to cage animals? We went to Chester zoo for a day out. The tropical bird house was good and the twilight zone full of bats was a good experience. However, some creatures in cages looked so sad and neurotic. Some animals were the last of their kind and were being helped along with breeding and reintroduction into the wild, so this seemed OK.

What are your views and can cupcakes become political?

Have you made cupcakes to support a cause?

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More Cupcake Video Finds

I decided to look for more Cupcake videos and found these which I found interesting with new techniques.




Just checkout this machine CUPCAKE MACHINE


This is so cute.



Well has anyone found any really good videos to recommend to everyone.
Please put in the comments section below.
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Funny Faces Hot Lips Cupcake

I had a go at another funny face cupcake made from sweets. I like to call it Hot Lips. I watched too many Mash episodes Hot Lips Houlihan



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Cupcake videos

I decided to do a sweep of cupcake videos on the web these are some I have found . Hope that you enjoy some of these.
This is making a Cupcake Bouquet.



This is how to make cupcakes



This link goes to what looks a good recipe for

orange Cupcakes ORANGE CUPCAKES

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