Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Easy Christmas Tree Cupcakes make the perfect holiday dessert! If you love to bake, put these cute farm fresh cakes on your list of things to make this season.
Yield: 12
Calories:
Ingredients
- 12 Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup Butter Softened
- 4 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 1 Pinch of Salt
- 3 tablespoons Milk
- 2-3 teaspoons Green Food Coloring
- 12 Ice Cream Sugar Cones
- Powdered Sugar For Dusting
Instructions
Frosting Directions
- In a mixer, cream the butter until it is smooth for about 3 minutes.
- Add the powdered sugar 1/2 a cup at a time then mix another minute.
- Add vanilla and a pinch of salt.
- Add milk and mix until frosting has reached the preferred consistency.
- Frost the cupcakes and sprinkle with more powdered sugar.
Christmas Tree Cones
- Add white frosting to a bowl and mix in green food coloring until you get the desired Christmas tree color of green.
- With a knife, cover a sugar cone with green frosting and place on top of a cupcake.
- Add the green frosting to a piping bag with a star tip. Pipe small leaf like sections of frosting one layer at a time, starting from the bottom of the cone and working your way up.
- When you have your ice cream cones frosted, sprinkle the Christmas trees with powdered sugar to look like snow.
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