One last bake before Christmas! I’ve decided to make a snowman decoration for my cupcakes and brownies. You can choose to use either whipping cream or cream cheese for the snowman body. However due to the hot and humid weather in Singapore, it is easier to work with cream cheese instead of whipping cream. This snowman decoration is super easy to make and I had a lot of fun building my snowman. It looks so cute that I cannot bear to eat it. Plus it makes a delightful party dessert that is bound to impress. Ingredients Marshmallows 1 small piece of dark chocolate Pretzel sticks or pretzels broken up Raspberry 250g cream cheese 30g unsalted butter 1 tsp vanilla essence 40g icing sugar Directions Melt the small piece of chocolate in the microwave oven Using a skewer, dab a tiny bit of the melted chocolate onto one side of the marshmallow to create the eyes and mouth Leave it to cool Using a mixer, whisk the cream cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla essence and icing sugar …

With less than two weeks to Christmas, I’m getting into the holiday season and trying out some new baking decorations for this festive occasion. I remember coming across these reindeer cupcakes on instagram and I’ve always wanted to try it. So I went down to the shops, bought some pretzels for the antlers, m&m chocolate chips for the nose and white chocolate chips for the eyes. I was hoping to find some small plain biscuits or ritz minis for the muzzles, unfortunately, I couldn’t find any so I made my own plain vanilla cookies. Putting the ingredients together to make the reindeer is super fun and I felt like a kid again. For the cupcake, I made a moist chocolate cupcake with Nutella filling and a chocolate ganache to coat over the cupcakes. Not the healthiest dessert but definitely the cutest and it tastes superb! Nutrition per cupcake (without decorations) Ingredients To make the cupcakes (one batch makes 12) 100g plain flour 40g cocoa powder 3/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp …