Santa Hat Cupcakes
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Serves: 12
 
Need a fun Homemade Christmas Cupcake? Try these White Chocolate Santa Hat Cupcakes!
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  2. • Step 2: Whisk dry ingredients well.
  3. • 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.
  4. • Step 4: On low, mix in eggs, one at a time.
  5. • Step 5: Using the microwave, melt baking chocolate. Mix into the wet ingredients.
  6. • Step 6: Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  7. • 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.
  8. • Step 8: Line a 12-cup muffin pan with baking liners.
  9. • 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.
  10. Directions for Frosting:
  11. • Step 1: In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and cocoa extract and beat until light and fluffy.
  12. • 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.
  13. • 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.
Recipe by Mom Does Reviews at https://www.momdoesreviews.com/2019/11/14/santa-hat-cupcakes/