Decorative Christmas Cupcakes is a traditional British recipe for a classic classic buttermilk batter cupcake that's decorated for Christmas with meringue buttercream icing and marzipan. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Decorative Christmas Cupcakes.
Prepare and bake the buttermilk sponge cupcakes according to the recipe. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
To decorate, prepare a batch of meringue buttercream icing. Colour this green if making wreaths or Christmas trees. Otherwise colour according to your fancy.
Once the cupcakes are cool, place the icing in a piping bag and pipe on top of the cupcakes (christmas trees are basically a pyramid). Decorate with gold and silver balls or chocolate pieces and serve). You can also pipe the icing and add animals or holly made from coloured marzipan.
