Name: Santa Leg Cupcakes
Ingredients: 4 cups self raising flour (sifted); 1 1/2 cups castor sugar (sifted); 1 cup cocoa (sifted); 1250 grams milk chocolate chips; 1 1/2 cups milk; 4 eggs (lightly beaten); 250 grams butter (melted); 2 tsp vanilla essence; 150 grams butter (softened (not melted)); 2 cups icing sugar; 2-3 tbsp milk (warmed); thin red licorice eg Fabulicious Sherbert Fizz; large black jelly beans

Santa Leg Cupcakes

Looking for festive foodie fun? These Santa leg cupcakes are easy for the children to make and are super cute. Ideal for a shared meal or Christmas day cuteness.

Be sure to check out the tips at the bottom of the recipe.

Santa Leg Cupcakes

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Ingredients

Cupcakes

4 cups self raising flour sifted
1 1/2 cups castor sugar sifted
1 cup cocoa sifted
1250 grams milk chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups milk
4 eggs lightly beaten
250 grams butter melted
2 tsp vanilla essence

Icing

150 grams butter softened (not melted)
2 cups icing sugar
2-3 tbsp milk warmed

Legs & feet

thin red licorice eg Fabulicious Sherbert Fizz
large black jelly beans

Instructions

Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 170°C. Set 30 cupcake cases on 2 trays.
Mix flour, sifted cocoa and castor sugar together.
Combine eggs, milk, butter and vanilla essence.
Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and stir gently with a metal spoon to combine.
2/4 fill cupcake cases and bake for 12-15 mins.

Icing

Place butter in mixing bowl and mix for at least 5 minutes until pale.
Add icing sugar slowly mixing really well between additions. Thin with milk until you get the consistency you like.
Pipe onto cooked cupcakes.

Complete Santa Leg Cupcakes

Insert your red legs into your iced cupcakes at a jaunty angle.
Pipe white socks on to the top of the legs and pop a black jelly bean on each

Notes

You can use any chocolate cupcake recipe - choose from Kidspot's selection here
For a super easy white icing pop a large white marshmallow on top of each cupcake when they have 3 minutes left to cook. Read more
For super white butter icing, you could add white food colouring