Holiday cupcakes: Easy decorations to sweeten your festivities
Cupcakes are a dessert that can be enjoyed year-round for any occasion. During the holidays, you can transform ordinary muffins into delightful desserts. All you need is a pastry bag, some sweetness, and a dash of creativity.
Decorating cupcakes is fun not only for kids but also for adults. It's not just an activity for pastry chefs either; simple holiday decorations can be accomplished even by those who didn't always excel in art class. Adorable cupcakes will bring smiles to faces and enhance the festive atmosphere.
Cupcake decorating
Holiday decorating is often associated with gingerbread cookies, but simple cupcakes can serve as a delightful canvas for creativity and delicious fun. Colourful candies, marshmallow shapes, icing pens, and buttercream bring the magic of the holidays to life.
Buttercream is one of the most popular creams used in baking. Its delicate, fluffy texture and sweet taste pair well with many baked goods. It is also thick and stable, making it perfect for attaching decorations.
Just whip 75 to 125 ml of real butter with 375 ml of powdered sugar and 45-60 ml 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 motifs you can easily create on cupcakes.
Ingredients:
Chain Cupcakes:
- 2 vanilla cupcakes,
- buttercream,
- 2 pieces of milk chocolate,
- colourful candies.
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 candies,
- sugar eyes.
Instructions:
Chain Cupcakes: Using a pastry bag, squeeze a portion of buttercream. Create a zigzag with melted chocolate as if you're painting a chain. It's easiest to do this with a pastry bag or by pouring the chocolate into a zip-lock bag and cutting a small corner. Finally, add colourful candies 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 add eyes to the snowman. Insert two pretzel sticks to serve as the snowman's branches and arms.
Reindeer Cupcakes: Place a portion of cocoa buttercream on the cupcakes. Arrange pretzels as antlers, add sugar eyes and a biscuit. Use a bit of cream to attach a red candy for the reindeer's nose. Done!
