To decorate, you’ll need:
Cupcakes
Sugar Cones
White Candy Melts
White Sugar crystals
Frosting
Pink Sugar crystals
Candy Canes
Fondant
Icing colors ( Wilton Dusty Rose)
Snowflake Sprinkles
Confetti Sprinkles
- Cut off ends of the sugar cones, so the tree section is around 3 inches long. Use a serrated knife to carefully saw through without shattering the cone.
- Dip cone sections in melted white candy coating. If you use a tall plastic cup, it will be easier to coat the entire cone.
- Remove and let excess coating fall off.
- Sprinkle white sugar crystals or sanding sugar over entire surface of the cone. Sprinkle over a large bowl and you can reuse the sprinkles.
- Set on wax paper to dry completely. When dry, you can redip the bottoms to make sure the cone is completely coated.
- Use 6 inch long candy canes and break the handles off so you are left with a straight piece that’s around 5 inches.
- Cover cupcakes with tinted pink frosting.
- Fill a small dish with the pink sugar crystals or sanding sugar and press cupcake tops into the dish until the entire surface is covered with sugar cyrstals.
- Dip one end of the candy cane in some of the melted candy coating and insert the other end straight into the cupcake.
- Place a Christmas Tree on top of the candy cane and let the candy coating dry and work like a glue.
- If you want decorations, it would be a good idea to add them before you attach the tree. Just dot a small amount of coating on the surface and attach a colored sprinkle.
- For presents, tint white fondant and shape the fondant into small squares by hand. Then use some of the white fondant, roll it out and use a knife to cut thin strips for ribbon. Attach the white fondant ribbon to the presents with a small dab of water. Then attach the snowflake sprinkles the same way.
- Remember, use dense cupcakes instead of light and fluffy ones so the trees will not want to tip.
- Or skip the candy canes, use the entire sugar cone and make big trees. Then you won’t have to worry.
photo credit and decorating tips from:www.bakerlla.com
I love this time of year and all the sweets that come with it. What a fun dessert to make for your guests to enjoy. May all of you enjoy the Christmas Season and time with family and friends. I am off to Mammoth to have fun in the snow. My Next post will be in 2010…Happy New Year!
