Christmas cupcakes. A delicious and fun dessert.

Christmas is a time of big meals and family gatherings with long after-dinner conversations, where nougat plays a leading role.

We are going to tell you about a delicious dessert with which you can surprise all your guests as a dessert or as a snack: Christmas cupcakes .

What is a cupcake. Why are they so popular?

If you like baking, don't hesitate to learn how to make these fluffy cakes. They are delicious, and if you use your imagination, they are presented spectacularly and are loved by both children and adults.

Christmas Cupcake Recipe

For 6 people

Approximately 240 Kcal per serving

Preparation time: approx. 45 minutes.

Ingredients for cooking Christmas Cupcakes

For the base of the Christmas cupcake

• 75 g of cake flour
• 75 g. of sugar
• 50 g. butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon of milk
• Half teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

For the cupcake frosting

• 125 g. butter
• 125 g. icing sugar
• 125 g. cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• A little bit of red food coloring
• A little bit of green food coloring
• Candies

How to prepare Christmas Cupcakes

1. Preheat the oven to approximately 180ºC.
2. In a large bowl, put the butter and beat it until smooth.  a more or less creamy texture.
3. Add the sugar, the tablespoon of milk and the half tablespoon of vanilla essence, and beat the ingredients until the mixture is homogeneous. Add the egg to the mixture, beating constantly until it is completely integrated.
4. In another bowl, sift the flour for the cakes with a teaspoon of baking powder and mix everything into the dough until it is homogeneous.
5. Distribute the cupcake batter into the moulds. You can use normal ones or some with Christmas shapes, if you like.
6. Bake them for about 15 or 20 minutes, or until we see more or less that the dough rises and acquires consistency.
7. We let the oven cool and remove the cupcakes.

How to prepare Christmas frosting

1. In a bowl, mix the butter, icing sugar, teaspoon of vanilla essence and cream cheese.
2. Separate the frosting into equal parts in three different containers. We will leave one without coloring, and add a little red and green food coloring in the other two bowls.
3. Using a pastry bag, place the frosting on each cupcake and decorate in the same shape.
4. We can decorate with Christmas motifs

As you can see, preparing Christmas cupcakes takes time. If you want to enjoy this delicious dessert with your family and friends this holiday season, don't waste time in the kitchen, you can buy our cupcakes . They are completely handmade. We make them every day in our bakery in Barcelona.

We have a wide variety of flavours and we are sure to have some very Christmas decorations, ideal as a dessert to close a good Christmas meal or to have as a snack after dinner.