If you have any budding bakers or marshmallow eating little monsters living in your house, then you'll want to give these super simple, snowman cupcakes a go! Simply make the cupcakes, then stack the marshmallows on top to create a little snowman and get decorating. They'll make a fun festive show-stopper at any Christmas gathering.
Preparation Time
40 mins
Serves
12 cupcakes
Ingredients
• Cupcake cases
• 125g butter, softened
• 125g caster sugar
• 125g self raising flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• Icing
• 50g butter, softened
• 50g cream cheese
• 200g icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp milk
Decoration
• 24 large white marshmallows
• 12 orange Tic Tacs
• Black writing icing pens
• 12 Rolos
• Chocolate ready made icing
• 12 cocktail sticks
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Preheat the oven to 160C Fan. Line a muffin tin with muffin cases.
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Measure all of the cake ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk using an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy.
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Spoon into 12 cases. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until well risen and lightly golden. Leave to cool.
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Measure the butter and cream cheese into a bowl. Whisk until creamy. Add the sugar, vanilla and milk. Whisk until light and fluffy. Spread over the cupcakes, reserving a little for assembling the snowmen.
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Stick the marshmallows together with a little icing and stick a cocktail stick through the middle to secure (but make sure that you remove before your child eats the cupcake).
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Make a hole in the middle of the marshmallow and insert an orange Tic Tac for the noses, using a small bit of icing to help make it stick. Draw on the eyes, mouth and buttons using black writing icing,
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To make the hat, roll out the chocolate icing, cut out a small circle and place on top of the snowman’s head attaching with a little of the icing. Place a Rolo on top.
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Make a hole horizontally through the body of the snowman and push through a Matchmakers stick to create the arms.
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Insert the cocktail sticks with the marshmallow snowmen on top of the cupcakes.