Are you looking for a family treat for the holidays. Who could resist these Cute Reindeer Cupcakes? These Christmas themed cakes are really easy to make and a great way for you and the kids to have fun together in the kitchen over the festive season.
Christmas is such a great time to get cooking with kids and this reindeer cupcake recipe is sure to capture their interest.
These Reindeer Cupcakes are surprisingly easy and quick to make, taste delicious and I think the results look stunning! Last year we made some of these Rudolf cupcakes for the school Christmas Fayre and the whole batch got sold in minutes! They were a huge hit with the kids and grown ups.
Before you get busy with our Reindeer Cupcake recipe below you might like to bookmark some of our other favourite reindeer activities too. Can you tell I’m a total reindeer nut he he!
Back to those cute ‘n’ tasty reindeer cupcakes…you’re gonna love ’em!
Cute Reindeer Cupcakes – Christmas Cooking With Kids
Ingredients For Reindeer Cupcakes
- 200g Butter
- 200g Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 200g All Purpose Flour
- 60g Melted Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Cocoa
- 175g Confectioners Sugar
- 8 Curly Wurlys
- Candy Eyes
- Red Smarties
How To Make Reindeer Cupcakes
I like to keep things as simple as I can in the kitchen especially in the run up to Christmas when I always seem to be so pushed for time. To make this Christmas reindeer cupcake recipe really simple I pop the oven on to pre-heat to 180C and then use the “all-in-one” method to make the sponge.
I weighed out the butter, sugar, eggs and flour straight into my food processor and whizzed all the ingredients together for a couple of minutes until smooth.
I chose some colourful Christmas cupcake liners and filled 12 of them with the batter and popped them in the oven for 15-20 minutes until risen and golden.
While the cupcakes were cooling I made my chocolate butter cream topping. Using my food processor again, I poured in the melted butter and sieved the cocoa and confectioners sugar on top. I whizzed it all up until smooth and glossy.
Next I cut each Curly Wurly into thirds to make the reindeer cupcakes antlers. The Curly Wurlys work so well don’t you think? The toffee and chocolate taste delicious too!
It’s really easy to add the antlers to the reindeer cupcakes by gently pushing the chopped Curly Wurly pieces into the sponge base.
To give my reindeer cupcakes a furry appearance I used a piping nozzle with lots of little holes and randomly covered the top of each cupcake. You don’t need any piping skills for this and it’s great fun for kids to do too.
To bring the reindeer cupcakes to life I added some candy eyes and a red smartie nose.
Reindeer Cupcakes are great fun and very festive. It’s a really easy recipe so a lovely way to get cooking with the kids this holiday. Why not bake some for a family treat or a perhaps a Christmas bake sale or Christmas party?
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