Annabel Karmel's Rudolph Cupcakes recipe
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus cooling, chilling and decorating time
- Easy
- Makes 12
- 2 eggs
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g butterat room temperature
- 150g self-raising flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp milk
- zest of half a small orange
- 45g dried cranberries, chopped
For the icing
- 150g icing sugar
- 100g buttersoftened
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- pinch of salt(optional)
Decoration
- 4 Curly Wurly bars
- 12 glacé cherries
- sultanas
- white writing icing pen
Method
step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan/350° F/Gas mark 4. Line a deep muffin tin with 12 paper cases
step 2
Measure the eggs, caster sugar, butter, flour, baking powder, milk and orange zest into a mixing bowl. Beat together using an electric hand whisk. Stir in the cranberries. Spoon the mixture into the cases
step 3
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until well risen and lightly golden. Leave to cool on a wire rack
step 4
To make the icing, sieve the icing sugar into the soft butter and beat together until smooth. Add the cocoa powder and the pinch of salt (if using) and mix until smooth. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm up a little
step 5
Spread the chilled icing over the cold cupcakes using a small spatula. Cut lengths of Curly Wurly bars and push them into the cupcakes to make antlers. Place a cherry in the centre of each cupcake to make a nose. Put 2 sultanas on each cake to make the eyes and add a blob of white icing (from the icing pen) to the centre of each eye. Chill until firm