Holly Cupcakes

These holly cupcakes are brightly coloured and look fantastic. The red and green sweets teamed with the white frosting are a striking combination and perfect for Christmas cupcakes.

You will need:
Red candy-coated chocolate balls
Spearmint leaves

Make a quantity of vanilla cupcake mixture and make according to the recipe.

Make a quantity of vanilla buttercream frosting and spread over the cupcakes.

Split spearmint leaves in half horizontally and gently place on the frosting. Use three jaffas, or other red candy-coated balls, as the holly berries.

I like to use red or green paper cases as I think it adds to the festive look. There are also lots of gorgeous Christmas paper cases available and stockists can easily be found by checking your local telephone directory.