Christmas Cupcakes

I had a real fun baking session today. After the stuffed turkey session, there was a series of cupcakes session. We made three types of Christmas cupcakes, namely the Red Velvet Cupcakes, Christmas Fruit Cupcakes and Hummingbird Cupcakes.

The Red Velvet Cupcakes were made using red food colouring. It is not just normal red, but real crimson dark red, so when the cupcakes came out of the oven, they looked really red. However, after they were covered with frosting and marzipan snowmen, they looked just perfect!

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Completed Red Velvet Cupcakes with Marzipan Snowmen, Mint Leaves and small Cherries

The next cupcake, Christmas Fruit Cupcake, was made using crushed nuts and mixed fruit, decorated with frosting and Christmas mint leaves and small cherries.

Christmas Fruit Cupcake

Completed Christmas Fruit Cupcake with Mint Leaves and Cherries

The last cupcake we made were Hummingbird Cupcakes, so called because the ingredients used were pineapple and banana, which are the two fruit which hummingbirds like. The cupcake turned out looking yellowish as well. Unfortunately, we forgot to put in baking powder, so the cupcake turned out looking flatter than others.

Hummingbird Cupcake

We decorated the cupcake with Royal Icing, then put in food colouring into gelatine to make a Santa Claus decoration, using chocolate bits for eyes and whipped cream for the beard. The final product turns out looking like Santa Claus!

Completed Hummingbird Cupcake