Recipe

PANDIBAKES Santa hat

CUPCAKE RECIPE

Children will love eating these fun and festive cupcake toppers!

INGREDIENTS

• Cupcake & buttercream • Piping bag and piping nozzle or a knife is fine • Rolling pin • Medium sized circle or serrated cookie cutter • White fondant icing or rolling icing • Red fondant icing or rolling icing • Green fondant icing or rolling icing • Tiny holly leaf cutter (not essential) • A little water

Amy & Alfie

METHOD

1. Roll out some of the white icing about 2mm thick and cut out a circle shape for the base, on which your Santa hat will sit on.

2. Roll a small piece of red icing into a cone shape and bend the top of the cone slightly so it looks slightly bent over.

3. Roll some more white icing and use your knife to cut a strip of icing to go around the bottom of the cone, you may want to use a little water to help the icing stick to the cone.

4. Roll a small ball of white icing and again use a small amount of water attach it to the point of the cone.

You will now see your Santa hat come to life.

5. Using a little water, attach the Santa hat to the white circle base.

6. Roll out a little piece of green icing and using your holly cutter, if you have one, cut out two green holly leaves.

Alternatively, roll two small green balls and flatten them with your finger, pinch the top of them slightly and use your knife to make little lines on them, to look more leaf like.

7. Roll three tiny red balls for berries and attach the leaves and berries to the front of the hat with a little water.

8. Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes or if you don’t have a piping bag and nozzle, use a knife to spread the buttercream onto the cupcake.

9. Place your little Santa hat onto the cupcake.