I always like to try my hand at new things. I'm not even average at decorating cakes or cupcakes with frosting but I do love to eat them so I keep trying. Rylee wanted to bring Santa cupcakes to school so I did a quick pinterest search. Found a picture of a santa cupcake with a dead recipe link and used that as inspiration. I think these turned out really cute and anyone can do them! Each one will be different and have it's own little personality. I am happy to report they were a huge hit with preschoolers and teachers alike.
Ingredients
2 dozen cooled cupcakes
8 oz block cream cheese softened
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp lemon juice
dash of salt
5 1/2 cups powdered sugar
red sugar crystals
red cinnamon gems
confetti tiny sugar candies (or something eye colored and round)
rainbow sprinkles (or something mouth shaped)
Instructions
- Bake your favorite cupcakes. I used a vanilla cupcake, but any kind will work. Let these cool completely before decoration. You will have enough frosting to decorate two dozen cupcakes.
- Mix cream cheese, vanilla, lemon juice and salt until creamy and completely incorporated.
- Mix in the powdered sugar on low a little at a time, until it's all added. Then mix on medium for a few minutes until the frosting get a bit fluffy. You may need to scrape down the sides of the bowls a few times.
- Each cupcake needs a thin layer of skin colored frosting. Put 1/2 - 3/4 cup in a bowl. Then to the frosting in the small bowl, add 4 drops of yellow, 3 drops red and 1 drop green food coloring. Mix completely so there are no streaks. The frosting will be a peachy skin tone. Top each cupcake with a thin layer of the peachy frosting,
- Now put your red sugar crystals in a bowl and dip each cupcake in the crystals in a crescent moon shape. Pretty thin, this will be his hat. You can try to make it a bit longer on one side to add the ball at the end of his hat,
- Place your white frosting in a bag with a small star tip or in a ziploc bag with a small snip in the corner. Make small dots along the edge of the red crystals and a bigger one where you want his hat to have a ball. Then continue the dots all the way around the cupcake. Make another layer at the bottom for his beard. Add two dots where his mustache and mouth will be. Look at the picture as a guide.
- Place a cinnamon gem for his red little nose. Two eye colored confetti's for his eyes. And a pink or red rainbow sprinkle for his mouth,
- You're done! You can immediately sample as my children did. And I did pop them in the fridge for a few hours before transporting to school. Some say this may dry them out but it does save the frosting if they tip over in transport, which mine almost always do!
Pinterest Inspiration Photo
This link was dead when I clicked, or maybe because I'm in USA and don't have proper fonts.
http://thebestcupcakerecipes.com/christmas-santa-cupcakes/
