Christmas Tree Cupcakes Recipe

Gingerbread houses, meet your match. These festive Christmas Tree Cupcakes serve a similar function as part dessert, part decoration for your holiday table. Moist chocolate cupcakes become the base of spruced up sugar cones adorned with bright green frosting and edible silver sprinkle ornaments and, the piece de resistance, a light dusting of powdered sugar snow.
Just imagine an entire forest of these edible trees lining your holiday table or surrounding a gingerbread house, adding a pop of color and flavor alongside each cookie wall.

Christmas Tree Cupcakes Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes

Ingredients

For the frosting and Christmas trees

• 12 sugar cones
• 1-2 tbsp milk or cream 15-30mL
• 1 pound unsalted butter 454g, room temperature
• 2 lbs confectioners' sugar 910g, plus more for dusting
• 20 drops green food coloring
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 5mL

For the cupcakes

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 180g
• 1/2 tsp salt 3g
• 1 tsp baking soda 6g
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 60g
• 1 1/3 cups sugar 267g
• 1/4 cup sour cream 60g
• 1/2 cup buttermilk 118mL
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup strong coffee 60mL
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 5mL
• 1/2 cup melter butter 115g, optional

Instructions

For the Cake

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F. Add paper liners to cupcake tin.
2. Sift the dry ingredients, including sugar, together in a bowl.
3. Whisk together the milk, vanilla, eggs and sour cream in a small bowl. You can add in 1/2 cup of melted butter for extra rich cupcakes but it's not a must.
4. Add the dry mixture to the milk/sour cream mixture while the mixer is running on low. Mix for a minute or less.
5. Scoop about three tablespoons for each cupcake. Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes or until the center is set.

For the Frosting

1. Cream the butter. Add the sugar and mix on high. Add the milk a tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
2. In a separate bowl add about half of the frosting and the green food coloring, mix until combined.

For the Assembly

1. Cover the cupcake in white frosting. It doesn't have to be smooth, a bit of texture will make it look more like snow.
2. Use a spatula to apply a thin layer of green buttercream to the surface of the cone. This will help the dollops you apply stick to the cone better as well as making the trees totally green (in case your dollops don't give full coverage).
3. You can fill ice cream cone with candy and then place on the cupcake
4. Use a number 30 tip to pipe star-shaped dollops onto the surface of the cone beginning at the bottom and working to the top.
5. Sift confectioners' sugar onto the cupcake and it's ready to serve!

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