Description
Make festive Christmas tree cupcakes with rich chocolate flavor and vibrant green buttercream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200g unsalted butter
- 200g light brown soft sugar
- 150g self raising flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 4 medium eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 400g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp green food colouring
- Chocolate stars
- Sprinkles
- Icing sugar dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan and prep 12 cupcake cases.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Beat until thick.
- Divide mixture evenly and bake for 20-22 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Beat butter until smooth.
- Add icing sugar and vanilla extract; beat until smooth.
- Add green food coloring and combine.
- Pipe green buttercream onto cupcakes using a 2D nozzle, keeping some sponge exposed.
- Press sprinkles into the buttercream.
- Add a chocolate star and dust with icing sugar.
Notes
- Cupcakes last 3-4 days at room temperature.
- You can freeze cupcakes for 3+ months.
- Flavor cupcakes with orange or peppermint extract.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 80mg