Sunday, December 20, 2009

CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE


I made these cupcakes for our office Christmas party. I made the box myself and used it as a name tag. The cupcake was flavoured with chocolate, the frosting was vanilla and the little chocolate decoration was dark chocolate. I used this recipe , added chocolates sprinkles and devided it into cupcakes. I made about 24 cupcakes with that batter. For the frosting I used this butter cream frosting recipe but I left out the lemon zest and added lots of vanilla essence.
For the decoration I just melted some dark chocolate, spread it out on baking paper, let it set in the fridge and pushed out the shape. You can't let the chocolate set too much as you will break it when you push down the shape. I leave it in the fridge for a few minutes and then I try, if it's too soft I put it back in and if I notice that it's too hard I leave it out of the fridge for a bit to soften. I know it seems like a lot of work but actually it's just melting, spreading and picking the right time to push out the shape.