Christmas Cupcakes

Ingredients  

*500 gwhite fondant icing  

*1/4 cupicing sugar, approximately  

*1/4 tspred food colouring  

*1/4 tspgreen food colouring  

*12 bought un-iced chocolate cupcakes  

*red writing icing, to decorate  

*silver cachous, to decorate

Directions  

1.Divide fondant into 3 equal pieces. On a surface dusted with icing sugar, knead each piece, until soft and pliable. Tint 1 piece of fondant red. Tint other piece green. Leave last piece white. Wrap colored fondant, separately, in plastic food wrap.  

2.On a surface dusted with icing sugar, roll out white fondant to 2mm thick. Using a 7cm round cookie cutter, cut fondant into 12 rounds. Place rounds on a sheet of baking paper, cover with plastic food wrap.  

3.Roll out colored fondant, on a surface dusted with icing sugar, to 2mm thick. Using small Christmas cookie cutters, cut out shapes from fondant. Place on a sheet of baking paper, cover with plastic food wrap.  

4.Brush fondant rounds with a little water. Place on top of cupcakes. Brush fondant Christmas shapes with a little water. Decorate cupcakes with shapes. Using red writing icing to secure and arrange cachous around Christmas shapes. Serve.  

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