Description
Create festive Christmas Tree Cupcakes perfect for holiday celebrations. These soft, moist cupcakes are flavored with vanilla, decorated with luscious green buttercream frosting piped in a swirl to resemble a Christmas tree, adorned with colorful sprinkles, Twizzler candy garlands, and star-shaped sprinkles for a charming, seasonal treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake Ingredients
- 2 cups cake flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ tablespoon vanilla extract
Decoration Ingredients
- 16 oz green buttercream frosting
- ¼ cup sequin-style rainbow sprinkles
- 2-3 Twizzler Pull ‘n’ Peel Candy, peeled into strings
- Star shaped sprinkles
- Confectioners sugar, optional
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and set aside to prepare for baking.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking soda, and baking powder until evenly combined. Set this mixture aside.
- Cream Butter and Sugar, Add Wet Ingredients: In a medium bowl, cream the softened butter and granulated sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then whisk in the milk and vanilla extract to combine thoroughly.
- Combine Wet and Dry: Gradually add the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry mixture, stirring until the batter is smooth and well blended.
- Fill Cupcake Liners: Pour the batter evenly into the prepared cupcake liners, filling each about two-thirds full to give room for rising.
- Bake Cupcakes: Place the muffin tin in the oven and bake for about 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Cool Cupcakes: Remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
- Pipe Frosting: Fill a piping bag fitted with an open star tip with the green buttercream frosting. Starting with a small quarter-size circle in the center of each cupcake, pipe a swirl from the outer edge towards the center, overlapping layers to create a Christmas tree shape, finishing with a pointed tip at the top.
- Decorate: Wrap a string of Twizzler Pull ‘n’ Peel candy around the base of each cupcake to simulate a tree skirt. Add sequin-style rainbow sprinkles across the frosting and place a star-shaped sprinkle at the tree top. Optionally, dust with confectioners sugar to resemble snow.
Notes
- If you don’t have a piping bag or decorating tip, use a ziplock bag with a corner snipped off to pipe frosting.
- Ensure cupcakes are fully cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
- The Twizzler Pull ‘n’ Peel candies add a fun, edible garland but can be substituted with licorice or colorful candy strips.
- Adding powdered sugar gives a lovely snowy effect, perfect for winter holidays.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg
