Transform your festive table: Cupcakes as holiday canvases
Cupcakes are a dessert that can be served all year round for any occasion. During the festive season, it's worth transforming ordinary muffins into delightful desserts. All you need is a piping bag, some sweetness, and a bit of creativity.
Decorating cupcakes is not only enjoyable for children; it's also an activity that anyone can partake in, regardless of their artistic prowess. Charming cupcakes will instantly bring smiles to faces and add to the festive spirit.
Cupcake decorating
Holiday decorating is often associated with gingerbread biscuits, but simple cupcakes can serve as a delightful canvas for unleashing your imagination and culinary creativity. Colourful sweets, marshmallow shapes, icing pens, and buttercream bring the holiday magic to life.
Buttercream is one of the most popular frostings used in baking. Its delicate, fluffy texture and sweet flavour pair well with many baked goods. It is also thick and stable, making it perfect for attaching decorations.
Simply whip 75 to 100 grams of real butter with 180 grams of icing sugar and 45-60 millilitres of milk. For a cocoa version, simply add a bit of dark cocoa. It's that easy!
Holiday cupcake decorations
Reindeer, a little snowman, or a snow-covered tree with lights are three simple designs you can easily create on cupcakes.
Ingredients:
Chain Cupcakes:
- 2 vanilla cupcakes,
- buttercream,
- 2 pieces of milk chocolate,
- colourful sweets.
Snowman Cupcakes:
- 2 vanilla cupcakes,
- buttercream,
- marshmallows,
- pretzel sticks,
- red icing pen,
- 2 pieces of milk chocolate.
Reindeer Cupcakes:
- 2 chocolate cupcakes,
- cocoa buttercream,
- pretzels,
- biscuits,
- red sweets,
- edible eyes.
Instructions:
Chain Cupcakes: Using a piping bag, squeeze a portion of buttercream onto the cupcakes. Create a zigzag design with melted chocolate as if you're painting a chain. It’s easiest to do this with a piping bag or by pouring the chocolate into a resealable plastic bag and cutting a small corner. Finally, add colourful sweets as lights, and you’re done.
Snowman Cupcakes: Once again, place a portion of buttercream on the cupcake. Place a marshmallow on top and use chocolate to create eyes for the snowman. Insert two pretzel sticks to serve as the snowman's branches and arms.
Reindeer Cupcakes: Spread a portion of cocoa buttercream on the cupcakes. Arrange pretzels as antlers, add edible eyes and a biscuit. Use a bit of cream to attach a red sweet for the reindeer’s nose. Finished!
