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Fruit Flake Christmas Cupcakes - Santa
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup Sunbeam Raspberry Sultana Bursts
- 1 large granny smith apple, peeled, cored and diced (1 cup)
- 100g butter, softened
- 2/3 cup caster sugar
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¼ cups self raising flour
- 1/3 cup Greek style yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon milk
- frosting:
- 150g butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups pure icing sugar, sifted
- ½ tsp finely grated lemon rind
- pink food colouring
- decoration:
- ¼ cup dessicated coconut mixed with a few drops of red food colouring (for hat)
- Licorice Allsorts, trimmed (for hat trim)
- Mini M&M (for hat pom pom)
- Licorice, trimmed (for eyes and nose)
- Jaffas (for cheeks)
- Red jelly sweet, trimmed (for mouth)
- Unbuttered popcorn (for beard)
Method
| 1. | Preheat oven to 170ºC. Line a 6-hole (1 cup capacity) Texas muffin pan with paper cases. |
| 2. | Place apple in a microwave proof bowl. Cover and cook on high 2 minutes or until tender. Cool. |
| 3. | Place butter, sugar and lemon rind in a medium bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add flour, yoghurt and milk; stir until combined, then stir in apple and Raspberry Sultana Bursts. |
| 4. | Divide batter between cases. Bake 30 minutes or until cooked. Cool on a wire rack. |
| 5. | Make frosting. Place butter, icing sugar and lemon rind in a small bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 1 minute or until pale and light. Add a few drops of pink food colouring to achieve desired colour. Spread icing over cupcakes, then decorate. |