Christmas Tree Mini Cupcakes

Christmas Tree Mini Cupcakes

by Jennifer Soto 1 year ago
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8 minutes
76.5 kcal
12.2 g carbs
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Description

These are a delicious treat for the holidays, after a day the juice from the strawberry gets absorbed by the cupcake. Yummy!

Ingredients
  • 1 ½ cups pastry flour
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup vanilla frosting, or as desired
  • 1 drop green food coloring, or as desired
  • 48 small strawberries, hulled
  • ¼ cup round red candies, or as desired
  • star-shaped candies
Directions
  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease mini muffin cups or line with paper liners.
  2. 2. Mix pastry flour, white sugar, and cocoa powder together in a bowl; add water, oil, and vanilla extract and blend until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
  3. 3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes.
  4. 4. Mix frosting and green food coloring together in a bowl until evenly combined. Transfer frosting to a pipe bag or plastic bag with a snipped corner; refrigerate for 5 minutes.
  5. 5. Squeeze a small amount of frosting onto the hulled side of each strawberry and place each onto a cupcake so the strawberry is in the shape of a tree. Pipe frosting onto each strawberry to look like leaves. Add candies to the "tree" to look like ornaments and place a star-shaped candy on top of each "tree".
Nutrition Facts
serving: 4 dozen mini cupcakes
calories: 76.5 kcal
carbohydrates: 12.2 g
protein: 0.5 g
saturated fat: 0.5 g
sodium: 9.4 mg
fiber: 0.8 g
sugar: 8.2 g