Tea Time Treats-Rudolph Cupcakes

Karen at Lavender and Lovage and Kate at What Kate Baked are co-hosting a great  event  "Tea Time Treats".  This month's theme, which is being hosted by Kate,  is Christmas. I have made some Rudolph Cupcakes.

Rudolph Cupcakes

1 tbsp milk   2 eggs   150g butter   150g caster sugar   150g s/r flour   1/2tsp baking powder   zest of a small orange  45g dried cranberries (chopped)

For the icing: 100g soften butter  150g icing sugar  2tbsp cocoa powder  pinch of salt

To decorate: Curly Wurly chocolate bars  white icing sultanas  12 glace cherries

• Preheat the oven 180 C/350F/ Gas Mark 4

• Put 12 muffin cases into a deep muffin tin

• Place the eggs, caster sugar,butter, flour, baking powder, milk and zest into a bowl and beat together

• Stir in the cranberries and spoon into the cases

• Bake for 20 mins

• Leave on a rack to cool

• Sieve the icing sugar into the soft butter and beat together until smooth

• Add the cocoa powder and salt and mix till smooth

• Chill in fridge for 20 mins to firm up

• Spread icing over cake

• Cut lengths of the Curly Wurly bars for the antlers and push into the cupcakes

• place a cherry on the middle for the nose

• Place two sultanas for the eyes adding a little white icing to the middle of these

• Chill until firm

This was a fun make and brought a smile to my lips as well as my family. Ideal for this time of the year. I saw this recipe in Your Home magazine alongside some other festive fun makes. I shall be certainly adding this one to my Christmas recipe collection and am going to try the others as well.