Reindeer Cupcakes – Jane’s Patisserie

November 17, 2022

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Deliciously chocolatey and fudgey reindeer cupcakes with a chocolate cupcake, chocolate fudge frosting, and reindeer ornament!

IT’S CHRISTMAS BAKING SEASON!!! And sure, I’m far too enthusiastic about this. I made a decision to start out with a bang and do an excellent cute, tremendous simple and wonderful festive bake – these reindeer cupcakes!

I’ve needed to put up some festive cupcakes yearly, however as I get so many requests for thus many festive recipes I’ve to make sacrifices.. however this 12 months?! They needed to occur.

These beauties are so chocolatey, so scrumptious, and a little bit of enjoyable so I hope you all adore them as nicely.

Christmas Baking

My Christmas baking checklist is now reasonably massive, and I’ve no plans on stopping this 12 months both. I’m simply obsessed. You’ll discover lots of chocolate orange bakes, gingerbread flavours, and even lots of baileys recipes – however themed bakes are additionally simply a lot enjoyable.

As a result of my missing of themed bakes has turn out to be so obvious, I used to be determined to do one thing enjoyable this 12 months as a festive cupcake. Up to now my gingerbread cupcakes have been tremendous fashionable, and while I am keen on them, I simply needed a festive cupcake that appeared wonderful!

Christmas bakes are all the time going to be enjoyable to get entangled with making, and even simply consuming. The variability in Christmas baking is so huge now amongst all bakers that it’s simply insanity!

Cupcakes

For the cupcakes I went for a fundamental chocolate cupcake recipe since you need a good steady base for adorning. It’s an excellent easy recipe to place collectively consisting of butter, mild brown sugar, self elevating flour, cocoa powder and eggs.

I do have a tendency to stay to utilizing mild brown tender sugar for my chocolate primarily based cake sponges as of late as I simply adore the ever so barely extra caramel flavour it brings, however caster sugar works nicely additionally.

I used some gold and brown baking cups as a result of I assumed they appeared cute, however brown muffin circumstances would work nicely as nicely. I needed a brown primarily based cupcake case and cupcake sponge to swimsuit the ‘brown’ color of a reindeer.

Frosting

For the frosting, as an alternative of utilizing a fundamental chocolate American buttercream frosting like I usually do, I used my greatest ever chocolate fudge frosting once more as a result of I missed it. I simply needed to eat a few of it to be sincere, and I’m so glad I used it on these reindeer cupcakes.

It’s nonetheless an American buttercream frosting actually of butter and icing sugar, with cocoa powder added in – however the addition of evaporated milk works WONDERS. Truthfully, it’s a little bit life altering.

When you can’t use evaporated milk for any variety of causes, you possibly can depart it out, or use a smidge of double cream – however you’ll in all probability want much less. Additionally, it’s not quiiiite nearly as good this fashion.

Ornament

There are a variety of how of adorning the look of the reindeer, even simply right down to which piping tip you utilize. I made a decision to make use of my favorite piping tip as all the time for a ravishing swirl, and I feel it really works.

I then used a easy concept of damaged pretzels, pink M&M/smartie, and a few edible eyes popped onto the frosting. It truly is that easy! However come on, they’re so cute!!

You could possibly use a jumbo spherical piping tip when you most well-liked, and even 1m piping tip for a barely totally different swirl – they’d all work. The pretzels work nicely due to the curve – it appears like antlers. And in addition, it doesn’t matter that some trying barely totally different, as antlers look totally different!!