A clever way to present cupcakes! Let the kiddos help you decorate the cupcakes and the stacked "tree" of cupcakes.
Peppermint Cupcake Tree
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
Peppermint Cupcakes
- 1 1 box (13.25 oz) Betty Crocker Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup peppermint crunch baking chips (from 10-oz bag)
- Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Frosting
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon green paste food color
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
- Assorted holiday candies and sprinkles, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. In small bowl, mix 1 teaspoon of the dry cake mix with the baking chips; set aside.
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Step2Prepare remaining cake mix as directed on box; stir in baking chips with cake mix. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full. Bake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool cupcakes completely on cooling rack, about 15 minutes.
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Step3In large bowl, beat powdered sugar and 2/3 cup butter with electric mixer on low speed. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla, the food color and 3 tablespoons milk; beat until smooth and creamy. Stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency. Spoon frosting into decorating bag fitted with large star tip #1. Pipe a swirl of frosting on top of each cupcake
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Step4On 12-inch serving plate, arrange 9 of the cupcakes. On top of cupcakes, stack three more layers—6 cupcakes, 5 cupcakes and 3 cupcakes—with 1 cupcake on top, to form tree. Decorate with candies and sprinkles.
Nutrition
290
Calories
10g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
46g
Total Carbohydrate
38g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 290
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 16%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 26%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 12%
- Sodium
- 170mg
- 7%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 46g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 38g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
3Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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