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

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

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".