Christmas Tree Mini Cupcakes

Christmas Tree Mini Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes are topped with a strawberry that is coated in green frosting in this clever Christmas tree mini cupcake recipe.

Preparation Time
30 mins
Cooking Time
8 mins
Total Time
38 mins
Calories
77 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease mini muffin cups or line with paper liners.
Step 2
Mix pastry flour, white sugar, and cocoa powder together in a bowl; add water, oil, and vanilla extract and blend until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes.
Step 4
Mix frosting and green food coloring together in a bowl until evenly combined. Transfer frosting to a pipe bag or plastic bag with a snipped corner; refrigerate for 5 minutes.
Step 5
Squeeze a small amount of frosting onto the hulled side of each strawberry and place each onto a cupcake so the strawberry is in the shape of a tree. Pipe frosting onto each strawberry to look like leaves. Add candies to the "tree" to look like ornaments and place a star-shaped candy on top of each "tree".
Christmas Tree Mini Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 drop green food coloring, or as desired
  • 1 cup vanilla frosting, or as desired
  • 48 small strawberries, hulled
  • star-shaped candies
  • 0.5 cup vegetable oil
  • 0.33333334326744 cup cocoa powder
  • 1.5 cups pastry flour
  • 0.25 cup round red candies, or as desired

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