Reindeer Cupcakes

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and...Rudolph!

Today I thought I would do another festive themed post and share one of my recent baking attempts with you. The other day when I was taking a 'break' from revision I was scrolling  through Pinterest and found pictures of some adorable Reindeer cupcakes. They were literally soo cute that I immediately decided I had to make them for myself. So this week I invited one of my best friends over for a bit of a pre-Christmas party/baking session. 

Before we got baking we made sure we were fully in the festive spirit by putting on our favourite cheesy Christmas jumpers and blasting out some classic Christmas tunes….

Ingredients 

For the cupcakes...

For the decoration...

Method

Cupcakes:

Step One: Firstly, preheat the oven to 180C

Step Two: Cream the butter and the sugar together in a bowl, then beat the eggs in a little at a time

Step Three: Fold the flour in using a metal spoon, then add the milk until the mixture is a soft dropping consistency.

Step Four: Spoon the mixture into some festive cupcake cases and pop in the oven for 15 minutes.

Decoration: - my favourite bit :)

Step One: Once the cupcakes have cooled completely spread a smooth layer of Nutella all over the cupcakes.

Step Two: Place the Jaffa cakes about 1/3 the way down the cupcakes.

Step Three: Pick out all the brown and red smarties for the noses - this could take a while! Place a red smartie in the centre of your Jaffa cake with some Nutella to help it stick, this will be Rudolph! On the rest of the Jaffa cakes place brown smarties in the centre.

Step Four: Place the pretzels at the very tops of the cupcakes, this will form the reindeers ears.

Step Five: Finally, you will need to roll 2 balls with a bit of the ready rolled icing to make eyes for the reindeer. Next I used a toothpick dipped in Nutella to create the brown eyes on the balls of white icing. If you are a bit more advanced in your decorating skills you could also use a piping bag to do this part!

Rudolph with your nose so bright...

Hope you enjoyed today's festive post and if I have inspired any of you to do some baking be sure to tweet me some pictures!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

P.s I just want to say a big thank you to my best friend Rachel for helping me bake these festive treats!

See you next time for more of my ramblings! 

xx

Read more »

SHARE:

Bath Christmas Market

This year I decided to kick start the festive season with a trip to the Bath Christmas Market. Not only was this my first visit to the Christmas Market in Bath but it was also my first ever trip to the city of Bath. Bath has always been top on the list of places I would like to visit in the UK but somehow I’ve never actually got round to it until now.

I had no idea what I was missing out on – I fell in love with Bath instantly it’s an absolutely beautiful city full of culture, lots of great shops and lovely places to eat – I was in heaven!  My two favourite things about Bath, were firstly its strong Jane Austen heritage. If you’re a Jane Austen fan like me then I would highly recommend a visit to the Jane Austen Museum, which gives you a really detailed insight into her life and you even get to sample a slice of 'Mrs Austen's Plum Pudding' for free.

Secondly, Bath is home to the Thermae Bath Spa, which is apparently Britain’s only natural thermal spa – making Bath the ultimate destination for spa lovers. Unfortunately, since we were only on a day trip on this occasion, there was no time to ‘take the waters’ as Jane Austen would say, so I’ve added this one to my bucket list :)

Bath Christmas Market is the best Christmas market in the UK - it has over 180 market stalls (wow). Unlike other Christmas markets up and down the country everything you see is authentically British with 70% of the stallholders being businesses from Bath selling handmade little gems!

Here are a few pictures I took during my visit...        

Even though it was very hectic I recommend visiting the market in the evening when it’s dark so you can see all the pretty lights and realty get into the festive spirit :)

We even got to enjoy some carol singing! 

 The Bath Christmas Market is a great place to pick up quirky but good quality Christmas gifts.

This stall really caught my eye and I ended up buying a few bits for some Christmas baking, which I will be sure to share with you guys soon!

I wouldn't mind cozying up with a cuppa in these!

Bath is officially my new favourite city - I would love to visit again for a slightly longer trip, perhaps even a spa weekend if anyone would like to treat me! :) 

See you next week for more of my ramblings, when I will be reviewing my experience of Afternoon Tea at the Pump Room in Bath 

P.s make sure you follow me on Twitter to get a shortened version (140 characters to be exact) of my ramblings - @nishah_97

See you next time for more of my ramblings! 

xx

Read more »

SHARE: