# Christmas Cupcakes

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/christmas-cupcakes/
- Published: 2013-12-04T05:31:03+11:00
- Author: Lydia Williams

This is a fun recipe to do with the kids it really starts to feel like [Christmas](https://stayathomemum.com.au/occasions/christmas/)
without being in the too hard basket!

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## Christmas Cupcakes

 Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

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 Course: Christmas, Occasions, Recipes, Xmas Food

Servings

 Adjust servings

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4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

  Cook Mode

### Ingredients

 * 1 Stay at Home Mum Sandcake Recipe
 * 1 cap full green Food colouring
 * 1 cap full red Food colouring
 * 50 grams White chocolate
 * 0.33 cup Cream
 * 1 cup Icing sugar
 * 12 cupcake papers* -(these will be discarded after cooking)

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### Directions

 * Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
 * Divide mixture into two bowls and pour 1 cap full of food coloring into each 
   bowl, mix until color is even.
 * Line 12 muffin tins with a cupcake papers, place 1 heaped tablespoon into each.
   You don’t want to overflow the tins as you need each cupcake to rise level with
   the top of each cupcake tin.
 * Bake for 12 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
 * While cupcakes baking and cooling, make icing.  Melt chocolate and cream in a
   medium size bowl for 20 seconds at a time in microwave, stirring each time until
   melted.
 * Add sifted icing sugar and beat with electric beaters until thick. Allow to cool
   slightly.
 * Cut cupcakes in half horizontally. Spread 1/2 teaspoon of icing on a the top 
   of a piece of cupcake (red), then top with a slice of alternate color cupcake(
   green), add another 1/2 teaspoon icing then top with final half of cupcake (red)
   1 teaspoon icing to top then decorate with Christmas sprinkles.
 * Repeat this until all cupcakes are decorated.
 * Note: Make SAHM Sandcake as per the recipe.
 * Recipe Hints and Tips:
 * Christmas Cupcakes are suitable for freezing for up to 3 months.
 * You can also use a basic icing recipe

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 Lydia Williams

 Lydia is our gorgeous food editor and a ray of sunshine in the Stay at Home Mum
kitchen. In between cooking and and trialing all our recipes you can find her photographing
her work for Stay at Home Mum. She has 2 gorgeous children and a spunk of a husband
who understands her passion for food.

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