Additional Ingredients

For the decoration:

	Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown)
225 grams	ready-to-roll white fondant (icing)
4 tbsp	Apricot Jam
1 tbsp	Hot Water
12	White Marshmallows
1 tbsp	Desiccated coconut
	edible silver baubles
	red candy strawberry belts
	Black Designer Icing (Silver Spoon Create)
	Red Designer Icing (Silver Spoon Create)

How to make Christmas Snowmen Cupcakes

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1. For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180°C,350°F, gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.
2. Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and creamy.
3. Gradually beat in the egg then stir in the flour, baking powder and vanilla extract until smooth.
4. Spoon into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until well risen and golden. Place on a wire rack to cool.
5. For the decoration: dust a work surface with icing sugar and roll out the Ready to Roll icing to about 5mm|¼\" thick. Cut out 12 circles using a small pastry cutter, a little smaller than the top of the cakes.
6. Mix the apricot jam with the hot water and brush over the surface of the cakes and stick the circles of fondant on top.
7. Attach the marshmallows for the snowmen’s heads, with a little of the apricot jam
8. Roll the remaining Ready to Roll icing into small balls for the\' noses\'. Brush lightly with apricot jam and roll in the coconut. Attach to the faces using a dab of apricot jam.
9. Pipe a little black decorating icing for the \'eyes\' and red decorating icing for the \'mouths\'. Using a dab of apricot jam, stick on the edible silver baubles for buttons. Wrap the strawberry belts around the marshmallows for scarves.

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