Name: These Gingerbread Men Cupcakes will provide festive fun for all the family
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 410g packet red velvet cupcake mix; ½ cup Creamy Deluxe Vanilla Flavoured Frosting; Liquid pink food colouring; Edible Christmas sprinkles and black writing icing, to decorate; CHOCOLATE FROSTING; 250g butter, softened; 2½ cups icing sugar mixture; ¼ cup cocoa powder; 3 tsp milk

These Gingerbread Men Cupcakes will provide festive fun for all the family

Your little chefs will love helping to make these!

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Makes 12

Prep

35M

Cook

25M

Resting

15M

Total

These cute and jolly chaps are sure to get the kids in the kitchen!

TIP – To roll cupcakes in sprinkles, spread sprinkles on a plate. Wait 10 mins after removing cupcakes from the freezer before rolling for best results.

Ingredients

410g packet red velvet cupcake mix

½ cup Creamy Deluxe Vanilla Flavoured Frosting

Liquid pink food colouring

Edible Christmas sprinkles and black writing icing, to decorate

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

250g butter, softened

2½ cups icing sugar mixture

¼ cup cocoa powder

3 tsp milk

Method

Step 1

Line a 12-hole muffin pan (⅓-cup capacity) with paper cases.

Step 2

Prepare cupcake mix according to packet directions. Divide evenly among paper cases.

Step 3

Cook in a 160°C preheated oven for about 20-25 mins, or until cooked when tested. Remove. Stand in pan 5 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

Step 4

For the Chocolate Frosting, beat butter in small bowl of an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Beat in sugar ½ cup at a time, until smooth. Add sifted cocoa and milk. Beat until smooth. Transfer frosting to a piping bag fitted with a 1cm plain nozzle. Starting from the outside edge of cupcakes, pipe frosting in a circular pattern, creating a peak in the centre.

Step 5

Line a flat tray with baking paper (ensure tray fits into your freezer). Place cupcakes upside down. Press gently to flatten icing until it is 1cm thick. Place tray in freezer. Freeze for 15 mins. Remove baking paper. (Baking paper should come off cleanly, if it doesn’t, return to freezer for a further 5-10 mins.)

Step 6

Place ¼ cup of the vanilla frosting into a small bowl. Tint pink with colouring. Spoon into a snap-lock bag. Squeeze into one corner. Twist bag. Snip tip. Repeat with remaining vanilla frosting in a separate snap-lock bag.

Step 7

Referring to picture as a guide, roll top edge of frosting on cupcakes in sprinkles. Using black icing writing, pipe two eyes, a mouth and eyebrows onto each one. Use white frosting to pipe white dots on eyes, and a wavy line above, then use pink frosting to pipe on cheeks.

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