This fun and festive Christmas tree cupcake design looks so effective and is so simple to do! The recipe makes eighteen cupcakes and they will last for two to three days.
Tutorial by Britt Whyatt.
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For the Buttercream and Christmas Trees : |
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1How to Make the Buttercream: Cut your butter into cubes and pop into your mixer bowl. Then beat on a high speed for approximately four to five minutes. This will aerate the butter and create a paler colour. |
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2Add in your icing sugar and make your buttercream as usual. |
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3To neutralise the natural yellow colouring in the buttercream, add a TINY amount of purple. For the best results, you need to use a concentrated food colouring. Add in your flavour of choice. |
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4Assembling the Cakes: Bake the cupcakes and leave them to cool completely. |
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5Lay pretzel sticks three inches apart on a baking tray, lined with greaseproof paper. |
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6Melt the white chocolate and pour into a piping bag. |
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7Cut the very end of the piping bag off to create a small hole. |
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8Pipe white chocolate over the pretzel stick, back and forth starting small and ending up large, in a Christmas tree shape. |
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9Top with chosen sprinkles immediately. |
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10Continue with the other pretzel sticks and pop in the fridge to set. |
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11Fetch the buttercream you made earlier. |
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12Spread buttercream over your cupcake using a palette knife. You can be messy here as we are creating ‘snow’. |
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13Sprinkle with desiccated coconut for the snowy effect. |
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14Carefully peel your white chocolate Christmas trees off of the baking paper and insert in the middle of the cupcake. |
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15Enjoy straight away and for up to 3 days. |
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