How to Make Christmas Tree Cupcakes
These Christmas tree cupcakes are easy cupcakes for kids to make this holiday season. All you need is some ice cream cones, white, green, & black frosting, and M&Ms to finish it off.
Equipment
- Wilton No. 2D Decorating Tip used for the green tree leaves
- Angled Icing Spatula used to flatten white icing and to add green icing to the cones. A butter knife works too.
Ingredients
- 12 Cupcakes
- 12 Waffle Cones
- 2 cups Homemade White Frosting canned store-bought frosting will be too runny; it needs to be a thicker frosting
- 1 cup Homemade Green Frosting
- 2 tablespoons Black Frosting
- 30 Mini M&M's
- Gold Star Sprinkles for topping
Instructions
- Begin by adding a layer of white icing to the top of each cupcake.
- Spread green icing onto each waffle cone with a butter knife or icing spatula. Place waffle cones onto the white icing of each cupcake.
- Using the star icing tip, add green icing up and down each waffle cone until they are completely covered with the beautiful leafy tree effect. If you don't have a star tip, just add extra icing to the cone with a butter knife. Gently tap the frosting with the knife and pull it away to create a fun texture.
- Add the light strand by using the #2 icing tip with black icing and swirl it around each tree. If you don't have icing bags or tips, use a Ziploc bag. Fill a quart-size Ziploc bag with black frosting and cut a very small piece of the corner off so that you have a tiny hole. Add frosting around each tree to represent the light strand.
- Add mini M&M's to each black strand of icing to look like tree lights.
Nutrition
Calories: 453kcalCarbohydrates: 75gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 281mgPotassium: 75mgFiber: 1gSugar: 57gVitamin A: 28IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 1mg