Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Recipe by SMDifficulty: Easy
Servings

12

servings
Prep time

45

minutes
Cooking time

20

minutes

These cupcakes are so much fun and easy to make! The moist chocolate cupcake with a chocolate filling pairs so nicely with the vanilla frosting. We use Singing Dog Vanilla as our go to vanilla extract. The best part is it’s a White Christmas tree, so you do not need to use any food coloring. If you like you could always dye the frosting green, but we find this easier and cleaner! Also, if you are in a bind and do not have time to make a homemade cupcake, you can make a semi-homemade one from the store, but this cupcake recipe is so good, it’s worth a try!

Ingredients

  • Cupcake:
  • 1 cup Flour
    ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 tsp baking soda 
    1 egg, room temp
    ½ cup buttermilk, room temp
    ½ cup vegetable oil
    1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
    1 cup sugar
    ½ cup hot water

  • Chocolate Filling:
  • ½ cup chocolate chips, melted

  • Christmas Tree & Frosting:
  • 12 sugar cones
    4- 4 ½ cups powdered sugar (extra for dusting) 
    4 sticks (32 tbsp) of unsalted butter, room temp 
    3 tbsp heavy cream
    2 tsp vanilla extract
    Sprinkles of choice

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Prepare a cupcake pan with baking cups. 
  • Combine flour, cocoa powder and baking soda and set aside.
  • Combine egg, milk, oil, and vanilla extract and whisk together.
  • Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and add in the sugar. Whisk together it will be thick.
  • Add hot water and continue to whisk. The batter will be loose. Pour batter into cupcake cups and bake for 20 minutes. 
  • Remove from the oven and make the frosting while cupcakes cool on a cooling rack. 
  • For frosting, beat butter till smooth and beat in remaining ingredients. Put about a quarter of the frosting in a piping bag with a round tip, and the remaining frosting in a piping bag with a smaller star tip. 
    Once frosting is completed, microwave chocolate for 45 seconds and stir, till melted. Pour into a piping bag. 
  • Pipe chocolate in the center of the cupcake. Frost cupcakes with a base of vanilla. 
  • Put a sugar cone on top of the cupcake and pipe stars working your way from the bottom of the cone to the top. Add sprinkles and dust with powdered sugar for snow. Enjoy!

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