Holiday cupcakes can be made with peppermint, eggnog, or other holiday flavors.
Holiday cupcakes are usually decorated to visually match other decorations or include flavors more commonly found during the holiday season. Many different types of cupcakes can be made and decorated for an overall holiday aesthetic, including using frosting to make images on top of them. There are also Christmas cupcakes that can be made and decorated to look like a Christmas tree out of a package. While different ingredients can be used to add holiday flavors to cupcakes, two of the most common are peppermint and eggnog.
Santa Claus is a popular image on cupcakes and other baked goods during the holidays.
Some of the most common types of Christmas cupcakes are those designed and decorated to have a visual style that matches other elements of the holiday. A standard cupcake, for example, can be made and decorated to match other Christmas items, such as tree decorations or gifts. The basic shape of Christmas cupcakes makes them easy to decorate to look like a light bulb ornament or snow globe. Icing can be used to make different images and designs on top of these treats, such as elves or Santa faces, and snowmen can be created quite easily.
A more complex design that can be used to make Christmas cupcakes is to create a treat that looks like a miniature Christmas tree. This is usually done with the use of a pointed ice cream cone, into which the cake batter is poured and baked to make a cone-shaped cupcake. These Christmas cupcakes are packed point up and frosted for a light and fluffy look. Sprinkles and similar decorations can then be used to add “bulbs” and other edible decorations to the trees.
There are also some Christmas cupcakes that are prepared with certain ingredients that give them a festive flavor. Mint, for example, is commonly associated by many people with the Christmas season and the preparation of various delicacies. Christmas cupcakes can be made by adding peppermint extract to the batter, though more commonly a little peppermint extract or liqueur is added to the frosting which is then used on the cupcakes. There are even eggnog cupcake recipes, which use eggnog instead of milk in the recipe and often include nutmeg to create a treat that tastes like a traditional holiday drink.