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I decided to make cupcakes for the cute chocolate cactus decorations I recently made. If you're looking for a fuss free cupcake recipe this is a great recipe as you place all ingredients into a bowl and mix. These Cactus Cupcakes are so fun to make and they look so pretty too.  They are made of a moist vanilla cake and iced with a deliciously sweet American buttercream.  Finally they are topped with a cute chocolate cactus and sprinkles. Happy Baking xo Cactus Cupcakes Ingredients · 125 grams butter, softened · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract · ⅔ cup caster sugar · 3 eggs · 1½ cups self-raising flour · ¼ cup milk Buttercream icing · 115 grams butter, room temperature · 3 cups icing sugar · 3-5 tablespoons milk · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Decorations · Sprinkles (assorted sprinkles - Dollar Sweets) · Chocolate cactus toppers (refer to chocolate cactus decorat...

I wanted to use desiccated coconut to create the look of snow on cupcakes for Christmas. So, I decided to make some coconut cupcakes. These coconut cupcakes are light, fluffy and moist with a delicious coconut flavour.  To make it feel like Christmas, I made some Christmas trees using royal icing, chocolate sticks and sprinkles of course. These cupcakes are a fun idea and an easy bake for Christmas.  I would recommend that if you wanted to add the Christmas tree toppers that you make them the day before so the royal icing dries completely.  Otherwise the royal icing trees may break if not fully dried. Happy Baking xo Christmas Coconut Cupcakes Ingredients · 1 cup self-raising flour · ½ cup desiccated coconut · ½ cup caster sugar · 2 eggs · 160ml coconut milk · 125 grams butter, melted & cooled Coconut buttercream icing · 60 grams butter, room temperature · 1½ cups icing sugar · ...