Santa Hat Cupcakes

Name: Santa Hat Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 box Devil’s food cake; 1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened; 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened; 3 c. powdered sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; Red food coloring; Red sanding sugar

By Lauren MiyashiroUpdated: Sep 17, 2021

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Santa Hat cupcakes are the easiest way to bring the Christmas spirit. Bake off your favorite cupcakes and pipe a tall swirling mound of red frosting and then add a little white around the edges and top and you have the cutest Christmas dessert and everyone will be obsessed.

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Yields:: 12
Prep Time:: 20 mins
Cook Time:: 20 mins
Total Time:: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

1
box Devil’s food cake
1/2 c.
(1 stick) butter, softened
2
8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
3 c.
powdered sugar
1 tsp.
vanilla extract
Red food coloring
Red sanding sugar

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a muffin tin with liners. Make chocolate cupcakes according to package directions. Let cool completely.
2. Step 2Make cream cheese frosting: In a large bowl, beat together butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
3. Step 3Transfer about one third of the frosting to a smaller bowl. Dye the rest of the frosting (in the large bowl) red.
4. Step 4Pipe red frosting onto cupcakes in a conical shape to mimic a Santa hat. Sprinkle with red sanding sugar. Use a smaller star tip to pipe the white frosting around the edges.