How to make Christmas Ornament Cupcakes – These make perfect little treats.
Christmas Ornament cupcakes are probably the easiest, simplest and quickest to make. Yes, quickest. They make perfect holiday gifts or treats for family and friends. Here is a simple step by step to get you excited.
Christmas Ornaments Cupcake Tutorial
What says Christmas to you? I our home it’s the Christmas Ornaments!! My home is filled with Christmas Ornaments.ย My kids love Christmas Ornaments ! I love them too!. I have a little bowl filled with theseย on the side table which gets picked up and played with a lot.
So yeah I live in Bauble land some times. Yup! I love to call them Baubles and grew up calling them Christmas Baubles.
Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
Often I try to incorporate some form of Christmas Ornaments in my cakes too!! This year again I made some Christmas Ornament Cupcakes as give away for the kids teachers, escorts, husbands colleagues.
I thought I’d share with you a few progress pictures of the Christmas Ornament Cupcakes – just to show you how easy they are to make.
Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
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So How to make Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
Bake your favorite cupcakes.
- This time I made three different types of cupcakes.
My Vanilla Creme Cupcakes with American Buttercream, Coffee Caramel Cupcakes with coffee Buttercream, Milk Chocolate Cupcakes with Irish Coffee Buttercream.
I have many cupcakes and frosting recipes on this blog and almost all would work - Next you going to frost themย into a dome shape.
- I find using an ice-cream scoop works great for this. Just place a dollop of Buttercream with the ice-cream scoop then use a spatula to smooth the edges.
- Place them in the fridge to chill.
- I use a plastic / cling wrap on the top to get a smooth surface.
How to make Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
- Next Roll some colored fondant drape them with Sugar paste.
- I use a round cutter about two sizes bigger than my cupcake to cut out the circle.
- You can alsoย use a textured rolling pin or a texture mat to make the simplest Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
- Use you hands to smooth the top gently.
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
- Next – This is optional but not necessary. Brush the top of your cupcakes with some dry or wet luster dust. Here I am using some Pink luster dust with vodka.
Noteย : Again it’s optional not necessary. Please keep in mind that some edible dusts are non toxic but still not considered edible. - I brushed the first 12 with luster dust but not the next twelve.
- These are with edible luster dust and vodka.
- And smoothed with the palm of my hands.
Here you can see I have some Pretty plain and textured ones
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
Time to decorate the Christmas Ornamentย Cupcakes
The possibilities are endless. Use what ever you can find in your cake decorating box. Molds, cookie cutters, piping tips, stencils, edible colors to paint,Here I am using these scroll molds and some Bas Relief molds I have.ย As well as my Snow Flake Cutters.
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
I personally like to use golden yellow as a base for things that will be painted Gold and Off white or grey for things that will be painted with Silver.
And I am using the edible gold metallic from Magic Colors. The gold effect is a little less but since these are cupcakes I wanna make sure I use the FDA approved edible gold and silver.
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
Christmas Ornament Cupcake –ย ย Head and String
- You can add the Bauble Heads before or after depending on the design you choose.
- Use a round piping tip or just mold freehand.
- Chocolate Resis cups are also great for this.
- For freehand molding – Make a ball – flatten it.
Attach with a drop of water and poke it with the back of your paint brush to give the center indent.ย The string is just a thin sausage. Then paint gold or silver.
Here you see they are decorated and painted first.
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
Here I choose to have fun with my edible gold and silver paints.
Top dry with a make up brush. Bottom wet with a pain brush.
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
and Voila – you have some pretty Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
Christmas Ornament cupcakes
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Steve Cejka
These are so perfect. I made ornament cupcakes this year for Christmas. Was so easy and your instructions and tips were so helpful. Thanks
Veena Azmanov
Thank you Steve. So happy to hear you found this tutorial useful. Thank you for coming back to write this feedback. Appreciate it very much.
Annemarie @ justalittlebitofbacon
These holiday treats are so adorable! I’m not sure if I want to eat the baubles or hang them on my tree. ๐ I like the ones with the luster on them – they look even more ornament like and I can see how how much fun it would be to decorate them with different molds and stencils.
Veena Azmanov
They sure are fun Annemarie. Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Debra C.
So fun & festive!! I love all of your helpful hints too. I know these will be a big hit on the holiday!
Veena Azmanov
They sure a bit hit in the holidays. Thanks Debra.
Jovita @ Yummy Addiction
Wow, you did an exceptional job with these! All the cupcakes look brilliant. I am not sure I can repeat these!
Veena Azmanov
Aww sure you can Jovita. Thank you so much for your comment
Cricket Plunkett
These make me so happy! I had to look closely because I didn’t believe they were cupcakes at first!
Veena Azmanov
Ha! that is so sweet. Thank you Plunkett
Claire Jessiman
These are SO clever and unbelievable realistic. I love the effect you’ve got from using the embossed rolling pin and the hooks finish them of perfectly.
Veena Azmanov
Thank you so much Claire. Thank you for your lovely comment
suchitra
amazing work…superb…wish i was based in Israel
..or u were in India..you could be assured of one student forever ๐
Veena Azmanov
Sorry Suchitra, Seems like I missed this message from you. Thank you so much <3