diY Christmas

***10 days until Christmas***

We're very excited to share with you the first in our DIY Christmas three part series of blog posts! scrolling through Pinterest and searching for Christmas inspiration we decided our first festive bakes would be these Rudolph the red nose reindeer cupcakes! These beauties are sure to become a new and delicious christmas tradition, and complete with curly wurly antlers, what's not to love?! 

Ingredients: 

175g Self Raising Flour

175g Caster Sugar

2 Large Eggs

175g Softened butter

1 Tsp Baking Powder

Milk Chocolate Chips (as many as you want)

2 Milk chocolate bars

3 Curly Wurly bars

Smarties (pick out the red ones, eat the rest ;)

Method: 

1. Preheat the oven - 200c

2. Begin by adding the sugar and butter together in a bowl and mix away until you're left with a soft and creamy texture.

3. Crack and beat the eggs into the buttery mixture

4. Sieve the flour into the bowl and fold the flour into the mixture 

5. Add in a Tsp of Baking powder to help the cakes rise to their full potential and continue by adding the baking friendly chocolate chips and mix well. (We chose to add milk chocolate, but feel free to replace these with dried cranberries if you're feeling fruity)

6. Ensure that all the ingredients are mixed well and then you are ready to pour the mix into the cupcake cases.

7. Place baking tray in the oven (baking time 10-12 minutes)

8. Ensure the cakes are fully baked with the skewer test, remove from the oven and leave to cool for at least 15 minutes before decorating.

9. TIME TO DECORATE. This is the time to get creative with your little Rudolph masterpieces! We decided to melt milk chocolate and spread this over the top for a delicious base followed by a little red smartie for the nose and chopped curly wurly's for the antlers. 

Feel free to improvise with this recipe, a chocolate sponge with cream and a cherry on top would be equally as delicious and most importantly very Rudolph like! Good luck with baking all your Christmas treats this festive season! We hope this puts you in a festive spirit in the most chocolatey way!

Thanks for reading! xo

Stay tuned for the rest of our #12daysofChristmas series!