This Christmas in July cupcake idea started with my search for a theme for the dinner menu for our dinner club because it's my turn to host the thing on Wednesday night. I was doing some surfing on the net and somehow came across the fact that Australia celebrates Christmas in July...that's all I need to know! Here's what wikipedia says about Christmas in July: In some parts of Australia, where Christmas falls in the summer and July is the one of the coldest months, Christmas in July parties are held to mimic the traditional northern Christmas. Some traditional Christmas activities are difficult to have in the December summertime (such as a heavy meal with roasted meats and heavy sweets like plum pudding), so these may be held in July instead. In Australia this celebration is also called "Half-Christmas."
That really got me excited...Searching my cupcake books, I found the star idea in Joanne Farrow's
cupcakes book. I made her recipe for vanilla cupcakes, and she calls for these cupcakes to have a buttercream filling squirted inside and the the confectioner's sugar frosting on top. The little star is made from fondant. I have a few more photos on my flickr account
here....Hope you enjoy the winter weather....Now, go do it! Ho Ho Ho...
This Christmas in July cupcake idea started with my search for a theme for the dinner menu for our dinner club because it's my turn to host the thing on Wednesday night. I was doing some surfing on the net and somehow came across the fact that Australia celebrates Christmas in July...that's all I need to know! Here's what wikipedia says about Christmas in July: In some parts of Australia, where Christmas falls in the summer and July is the one of the coldest months, Christmas in July parties are held to mimic the traditional northern Christmas. Some traditional Christmas activities are difficult to have in the December summertime (such as a heavy meal with roasted meats and heavy sweets like plum pudding), so these may be held in July instead. In Australia this celebration is also called "Half-Christmas." 
That really got me excited...Searching my cupcake books, I found the star idea in Joanne Farrow's cupcakes book. I made her recipe for vanilla cupcakes, and she calls for these cupcakes to have a buttercream filling squirted inside and the the confectioner's sugar frosting on top. The little star is made from fondant. I have a few more photos on my flickr account here....Hope you enjoy the winter weather....Now, go do it! Ho Ho Ho...
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