Good morning! I hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving … survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now, let’s think about baking, Christmas television specials, parties and family gatherings. Speaking of Christmas TV specials … did you know that the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special first aired in 1964 … 50 years ago … doesn’t seem that long ago! Today, I’m sharing Silver Christmas Tree Cupcakes that were inspired from the same era … circa the early 1960’s. The aluminum Christmas tree was at its height of popularity … oh, how I wanted our family to have one!
All the cool families had one with color coordinated ornaments, probably a lighted color wheel too … I was certain of it! We had the old traditional green tree with a collection of multi-colored and mismatched ornaments … not cool! Why couldn’t we have a new artificial silver Christmas tree with brand new decorations, instead of the ones that were passed down from my great-grandparents?
What can I say … was young, silly and didn’t appreciate the traditions of my grandparents … I wasn’t cool! Today, we have a green tree with mismatched ornaments that have been collected over the 41 years that the hubby and I have been married. The silver tree will still bring back memories … especially when I look at the 18″ tall one on my kitchen counter! Yes, I finally got my silver tree (from the Target $1 bin) … just for the fun of it … never will replace the traditional one!
It’s very easy to make your own Silver Christmas Tree Cupcakes and this is what you will need …
- Baked and frosted cupcakes
- Buttercream or decorator frosting
- Silver glitter dust (a fan brush is helpful)
- Sugar ice cream cones
- Red Sixlets (Sweet Works)
- Blue Pearls (Sweet Works)
- Disposable decorating bag fitted with #19 star tip
Start at the bottom of the tree (cone) – hold the tip of the cone and make a stroke of icing about 1/3 – 1/2 up the cone – repeat until you have gone all the way around the cone …
Make the second row in the same fashion …
Sprinkle silver dust on the frosting over a plate (so you can reuse dust that misses the tree). If you have a fan brush (or any brush), dip the tip in the dust and tap on the brush to release the dust …
Place the tree on a frosted cupcake and apply the final strokes of frosting …
Sprinkle more dust …
Add some pretty color coordinated (cool) ornaments …
Just for fun … check out some cool aluminum silver trees here and I’ve spotted some very cute tributes to Rudolph, especially the adorable marshmallows from Meaghan of The Decorated Cookie.
I don’t think that I knew anybody that actually had a silver tree until recently. My sister-in-law and I were talking … her family had one in the 60’s, complete with the color wheel and blue ornaments! If we would have known each other when we were 7 or 8 years old … probably would have wanted to hang out at her house and stare at her cool tree 😉
I love all things retro and this tree is amazing! I want to eat it! LOL
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Thank you so much Lisa 🙂 I love retro too … it’s cool, lol!
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These are so cute and I think I could make these! I’d love it if you shared these at Holiday Best. Our collection of everyone’s best holiday creations. http://www.tumbleweedcontessa.com/blog/holidaybest/
Linda
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Thank you Linda 😉 Of course you could make them!!! Thank you for the invite!
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So pretty!
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Thank you Beth 🙂
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These tree cupcakes are absolutely darling! You’re inspiring me to come up with retro theme for my neighborhood Christmas get-together! Thanks, Brenda!
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Thank you Sandy 😉 I wish that I lived in your neighborhood!
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I love these silver trees. You are so creative.
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Thank you so much Ellen 😉
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Oh, how Stunning and very festive looking.
How pretty to have several of these sitting on a silver tray sitting in the middle of your dining room table.
Absolutely Gorgeous
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Thank you Colleen 🙂 What a fancy dancy idea you have … like it!
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