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| Recipe of the week... ... Reindeer Christmas cupcakes |
Ingredients: 225g butter, 175g caster sugar, 2 eggs, 200g
self-raising flour, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 100ml milk, 150g dark chocolate,
2 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur (optional), 200g icing sugar, 1 teaspoon
vanilla extract, 24 white chocolate buttons, 6 glace cherries, and half a box
of Matchmakers.
Makes: 12 Christmassy buns!
Time taken: 20 mins prep, 20 mins in the oven, half an hour
to cool and then half an hour to decorate. (1hr 40mins total)
Hi readers,
It’s nearly Christmas!! We’re so near now! 3 sleeps to go
and I’m beginning to get really excited! Are you??????????? SANTASCOMINGAHMAGAADDDDDDD!
And. On a not-so-hyperactive note, as this will be my last ChefBeHere blog post of the year, I’d
just like to say thank you. To everyone who has been reading, been liking my
posts, been mentioning my blog to others, been trying out the recipes at home…
thank you for all your support!
I’d like to wish you all a very merry Christmas indeed. I
hope we all have a safe, fun time celebrating with friends and family. And
anyone who isn’t feeling so good this Christmas, or can’t spend it with friends
and family, or if it feels like everyone on social media is having a bigger
better time than you…
Everything is fine, and it’s going to be fine. Believe in
yourself, take good care of yourself and 2018 will be the year for you. Talk to
someone if you’re not so sure. I’m sending love.
Plus – obvs – I’m sending a recipe. One final festive recipe
to see you through Christmastime! Here, readers, is one last ChefBeHere recipe of 2017… *drumroll please* … for Reindeer
Christmas cupcakes! Based on a BBC Food recipe found here, they’re cute
and easy to make and tasty and very very Christmassy!
Here’s the recipe in just ten simple steps…
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Recipe: Reindeer
Christmas cupcakes
Ingredients: 225g butter, 175g caster sugar, 2 eggs, 200g self-raising flour, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 100ml milk, 150g dark chocolate, 2 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur (optional), 200g icing sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 24 white chocolate buttons, 6 glace cherries, and half a box of Matchmakers.
1.
Whack on some Christmas tunes… tis the season!
Get a drink of something mulled in your hand and take the time to enjoy
yourself – simply have fun doing some baking.
2.
Heat the oven to 180C, line a muffin tray with
12 festive paper cases, and get all your ingredients out on the kitchen side.
3.
Melt 100g of your dark chocolate, either on the
hob or in the microwave, and break your remaining 50g of dark chocolate up into
pieces.
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Tip: I say it every time but BE CAREFUL when melting chocolate – as it can very
easily burn. Go slow and keep an eye on it at all times.
4.
Measure 100g of your butter and all of the caster
sugar into a mixing bowl and cream together using a wooden spoon, until
light-coloured and smooth.
5.
Gradually beat in your eggs, until well combined,
and then sift your flour and cocoa powder into the bowl. Fold into the cupcake
mix.
6.
Next, fold in the milk, your melted chocolate
and Irish cream liqueur (if using), then spoon your cake mix into the muffin
cases and carefully transport into the oven.
7.
Leave to bake for 20-25 minutes, or until well
risen and lightly firm to the touch. Once they’re done, safely remove your buns
from the oven and switch it off. Leave to cool on the side for at least half an
hour.
8.
Once your buns feel cool to touch, melt the remaining
chocolate and leave to cool for a few minutes. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, cream
together the remaining butter, your icing sugar and vanilla extract. Fold in
your melted chocolate and mix until smooth.
9.
To decorate the cupcakes, begin by chopping your
glace cherries in half. Spread the cupcakes with icing and press half a glace
cherry onto each cake as a nose, then two chocolate buttons on the cake as
eyes.
10. Use
a tiny blob of melted chocolate to ice pupils on the button eyes, and then
stick broken up Matchmakers in as the reindeers’ antlers… and you’re all done!
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What’s not to love about these Christmassy little cupcakes??
If you don’t like glace cherries, you can sub them for smarties or M&Ms. If
you don’t like white chocolate, sub the buttons for sliced up marshmallows. If
you don’t like Matchmakers, try pretzels or broken up bits of Curly Wurly.
If you don’t like chocolate or cupcakes or reindeers… you
can piss right off and I’ll see you in January!! Merry Christmas everyone!
Celebrate safely,
Hayley
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| I finally got to use my reindeer cupcake boxes - hurray! |
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