Vanilla Cupcakes with Mini Gingerbread Figures

Name: Vanilla Cupcakes with Mini Gingerbread Figures
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 cup self-rising flour (sifted); 0.5 teaspoon Baking powder; 0.5 cup butter (softened); 0.5 cup sugar; 1 Orange (zested); 0.25 cup unsalted butter; 7 tablespoons cream (38% fat); 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3.5 cups powdered sugar; red Food coloring; 12 mini Gingerbread cookie (men); 36 red Chocolate bean; 36 white Chocolate bean; 1 tube white Icing (for decorating); tiny gingerbread men

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Recipe author: EAT SMARTER

Vanilla Cupcakes with Mini Gingerbread Figures

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50 min.

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Ingredients

for 12 cakes

For the cupcakes: 2
eggs; 1 cup
self-rising flour (sifted); ½ teaspoon
Baking powder; ½ cup
butter (softened); ½ cup
sugar; 1
Orange (zested)

For the buttercream: ¼ cup
unsalted butter; 7 tablespoons
cream (38% fat); ½ teaspoon
vanilla extract; 3 ½ cups
powdered sugar; red Food coloring

To decorate: 12
mini Gingerbread cookie (men); 36
red Chocolate bean; 36
white Chocolate bean; 1 tube
white Icing (for decorating); tiny gingerbread men

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Preparation steps

Step 1/9

For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350° F gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.

Step 2/9

Put all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until well combined. Alternatively beat well with a wooden spoon.

Step 3/9

Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake for about 20 minutes until golden and springy to the touch. Remove from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 4/9

For the buttercream: beat the butter until soft and creamy. Beat in the cream and vanilla until blended.

Step 5/9

Sift in the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Put half the mixture into a bowl and add a few drops of red food colouring.

Step 6/9

Spoon the buttercream into 2 piping bags. Pipe a circle of red buttercream around the top of each cake.

Step 7/9

Pipe a swirl of white buttercream in the centre of each cake.

Step 8/9

Pipe 'faces' and squiggles on each gingerbread man with the white decorating icing. Use a dab of icing to attach chocolate beans as in the 'photo.

Step 9/9

Place a gingerbread man on top of each cake. Scatter the tiny gingerbread men over the buttercream.