Easy Christmas Tree Cupcakes
How cute are these Christmas Tree Cupcakes? What a fun treat to put together with the kids, even if their version comes out a little less than perfect. What a sweet and simple alternative to a more complicated Gingerbread house, and that simply a new tradition is born. So bake up your favorite box mix, grab some supplies and let’s get started!
CHRISTMAS TREE CUPCAKES
Yields: 24 Cupcakes
Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
1 box white cake mix (plus required ingredients listed on the box, i.e. eggs, oil & water)
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 teaspoons of vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
4 tablespoons milk
White Sugar Sprinkles
Round Colored Sprinkles
Green Food Coloring
Sugar Cones
Directions:
1. Prepare cake batter according to box directions and bake in cupcake pan using liners.
2. While cupcakes cool, make frosting. Start by using an electric mixer to beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually
beat in confectioners’ sugar until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract. Pour in milk and beat for an additional 3
minutes.
3. Place two cups of white frosting in a piping bag with a round frosting tip. Mix green food coloring in remaining
frosting until you reach desired shade of green.
4. Place one sugar cone upside down onto each cupcake. Using a butter knife, spread a thin layer of green frosting to
completely coat each cone.
5. Fill a piping bag with remaining green frosting and use a small closed star frosting tip to make Christmas tree
branches. Start at the top and turn the cupcake, continuing adding branches to fill the entire cone.
6. Using the white frosting, pipe a thick layer around the bottom of the cone to look like snow.
7. Add white sprinkles to the “snow” and add round colored sprinkles to the “tree”.
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- 1 box white cake mix (plus required ingredients listed on the box, i.e. eggs, oil & water)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 4 tablespoons milk
- White Sugar Sprinkles
- Round Colored Sprinkles
- Green Food Coloring
- Sugar Cones
- Prepare cake batter according to box directions and bake in cupcake pan using liners.
- While cupcakes cool, make frosting. Start by using an electric mixer to beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually
- beat in confectioners’ sugar until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract. Pour in milk and beat for an additional 3
- minutes.
- Place two cups of white frosting in a piping bag with a round frosting tip. Mix green food coloring in remaining
- frosting until you reach desired shade of green.
- Place one sugar cone upside down onto each cupcake. Using a butter knife, spread a thin layer of green frosting to
- completely coat each cone.
- Fill a piping bag with remaining green frosting and use a small closed star frosting tip to make Christmas tree
- branches. Start at the top and turn the cupcake, continuing adding branches to fill the entire cone.
- Using the white frosting, pipe a thick layer around the bottom of the cone to look like snow.
- Add white sprinkles to the “snow” and add round colored sprinkles to the “tree”.
Marie says
These are so much fun! My kiddos would love to see them on the Christmas dessert table this year. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Merry Monday this week!
Ducks 'n a Row says
These Christmas trees are really cute! I just love them!
Sinea ♥