How cute are these Cupcakes? Santa helps bring a little more magic into the most magical time of the year! These fun Santa Hat Cupcakes are the perfect sweet treat to bring to parties for all ages. Or just make some for YOU! The best part- these are homemade white chocolate cupcakes- no store bought mixes are used in this recipe!
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Here is a list of all the ingredients and instructions to make your own HOMEMADE White Chocolate Santa Hat Cupcakes with Cocoa Buttercream Frosting!
Santa Hat Cupcake Ingredients:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 large egg
- 6 ounces of white baking chocolate
- Green and red food coloring
Santa Hat Frosting Ingredients
- 1 stick room temperature unsalted butter
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 tablespoon cocoa extract
- Red food color gel
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Directions for Cupcakes:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Step 2: Whisk dry ingredients well.
Step 3: Using a hand or stand mixer, cream together butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add in sour cream and mix on low speed for 1 minute. Add in milk and mix on medium for 1 minute.
Step 4: On low, mix in eggs, one at a time.
Step 5: Using the microwave, melt baking chocolate. Mix into the wet ingredients.
Step 6: Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
Step 7: Divide batter evenly between 3 small bowls. Add green food coloring to one, red food coloring to the other and leave the third bowl uncolored.
Step 8: Line a 12-cup muffin pan with baking liners.
Step 9: Using a spoon, add each color of batter into the muffin tin until abut 2/3 full. Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Step 10: Remove from the oven and let cool.
Directions for Frosting:
Step 1: In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and cocoa extract and beat until light and fluffy.
Step 2: Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while adding a bit of milk in between each cup. for 1 minute or until creamy.
Step 3: Separate frosting into two bowls, adding red food coloring to one and leaving the other without color. Place into two separate piping bags. Pipe the red frosting in a swirl. Next take the piping bag with the white frosting and add a tip to the top of the red swirl. Then pipe small swirls around the base of the red swirl.
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Serves: 12
- Cupcake Ingredients:
- • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- • 2 cups white granulated sugar
- • 2 teaspoons baking powder
- • 1 teaspoon baking soda
- • 1 teaspoon salt
- • ½ cup butter, softened
- • ½ cup milk
- • ½ cup sour cream
- • 2 teaspoons vanilla
- • 3 large egg
- • 6 ounces of white baking chocolate
- • Green and red food coloring
- Frosting Ingredients
- • 1 stick room temperature unsalted butter
- • 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- • ¼ cup whole milk
- • 1 tablespoon cocoa extract
- • Red food color gel
- • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- • Step 2: Whisk dry ingredients well.
- • Step 3: Using a hand or stand mixer, cream together butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add in sour cream and mix on low speed for 1 minute. Add in milk and mix on medium for 1 minute.
- • Step 4: On low, mix in eggs, one at a time.
- • Step 5: Using the microwave, melt baking chocolate. Mix into the wet ingredients.
- • Step 6: Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- • Step 7: Divide batter evenly between 3 small bowls. Add green food coloring to one, red food coloring to the other and leave the third bowl uncolored.
- • Step 8: Line a 12-cup muffin pan with baking liners.
- • Step 9: Using a spoon, add each color of batter into the muffin tin until abut ⅔ full. Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Directions for Frosting:
- • Step 1: In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and cocoa extract and beat until light and fluffy.
- • Step 2: Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while adding a bit of milk in between each cup. for 1 minute or until creamy.
- • Step 3: Separate frosting into two bowls, adding red food coloring to one and leaving the other without color. Place into two separate piping bags. Pipe the red frosting in a swirl. Next take the piping bag with the white frosting and add a tip to the top of the red swirl. Then pipe small swirls around the base of the red swirl.
