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Santa Cup Cakes
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Santa Cup Cakes Wishes You A " Merry Chriatmas ".

Christmas is incomplete with out Santa Claus, specially for children, who brings a bag full of gifts & lots of joy for them. By preparing these Santa Cup Cakes you can make this festive season extra special for your little ones.

Kids would love these cute Santa Cup Cakes. This cup cakes are prefect for this Christmas season.This recipe would surly brings smile on your kids face.

Ingredients:

For cup cake:

11/2 cup fine lour

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup yogurt

1 tbsp milk

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 tsp vanilla essence

For icing:

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 - 3/4 cup cream
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
2-3 drop red food color
8-10 black sugar balls

Method:

For cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C.

2. Sieve fine flour, soda & baking powder in a big bowl.

3. Add yogurt, sugar in another bowl & mix till sugar dissolves.

4. Now add butter & vanilla essence to yogurt mixture & mix well.

5. Add fine flour mixture to yogurt & mix well.

6. Fill your cupcake liners 2/3 full. Place them in preheated oven for

15-20 minutes.

7. Once baked take them out & allow them to cool down completely.

For icing:

1. In a big bowl combine all the ingredients for icing, whisk them till they
are creamy.

2. Now divide this mixture into 2 potions.

3. add red food color in one, pink food color in second & mix well.

4. First brush your cake with 1 tbsp milk .

5. Apply red icing paste on upper side to make the Santa's cap.

6. Now cover the mid portion of cup cakes with pink paste to make Santa's face & nose.

7. Apply white icing paste to make Santa's beard, moustache &
eyebrows.

8. Now make Santa's smile with red paste.

9. In the last stick black sugar balls to make eyes.

10. Cute Santa cup cakes are ready.