Reindeer Cupcakes

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Reindeer Cupcakes
Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden

This recipe makes 12 servings

Nutritional Info
Per cupcake:	-
cal	429429 cal
pro	4 g4g pro
total fat	24 g24g total fat
sat. fat	15 g15g sat. fat
carb	51 g51g carb
fibre	2 g2g fibre
chol	88 mg88mg chol
sodium	333 mg333mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	55 calcium
iron	1616 iron
vit A	2020 vit A
folate	1313 folate

North Pole-inspired characters are cute as a button - and delicious, too. Get the kids involved in the easy decorating.

Ingredients

1/2 cup cocoa powder 1/2 1/2cup cupcocoa powder
2 eggs 2 2eggeggs
1 tsp vanilla 1 1tsp tspvanilla
1-1/4 1-1/4cups cupssifted cake and pastry flour
1 cup packed brown sugar 1 1cup cuppacked brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder 1 1tsp tspbaking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 1/2tsp tspbaking soda
1/4 tsp salt 1/4 1/4tsp tspsalt
1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened1/2 1/2cup cupunsalted butter, softened
Chocolate Icing:
3/4 cup butter , softened3/4 3/4cup cupbutter, softened
1/4 cup whipping cream 1/4 1/4cup cupwhipping cream
1/2 tsp vanilla 1/2 1/2tsp tspvanilla
1-1/2 cups icing sugar 1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupsicing sugar
1 1oz ozunsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
Decorations
24 24pretzels, (at least 3 inches/8 cm wide)
12 12miniature marshmallowminiature marshmallows, snipped in half crosswise
24 chocolate chips 24 24chocolate chips
12 candy-coated chocolate pieces 12 12candy-coated chocolate pieces or gumdrops

Preparation

Additional information :

Source : Canadian Living Special Issue: Home for the Holidays 2008

Keywords : Bake; Make-Ahead; Dessert; Kid-Friendly; Winter; Christmas; Chocolate;

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