These Christmas tree cupcakes are a treat to whip up. Christmas tree cone cupcakes are a festive and fun Christmas cupcake that are gonna be a hit.
Let your kids learn how to ice cupcakes to look like Christmas trees. You can use any flavor of cupcakes you want, or make buy some pre-made cupcakes.
These Cupcakes Are…
- Easy Christmas Dessert
- Make homemade cupcakes or buy store bought
- Easy Winter themed cupcakes
- Make ahead dessert for parties
Ingredients You Will Need
Cupcakes – Reach for any flavor whether it be boxed, homemade or buy from your favorite bakery.
Waffle Cones – I used waffle cones as they have a better shape than the sugar cones for making a tree shape.
Frosting – Homemade or store bought works. If you buy store bought frosting, just color it green with food coloring.
Sprinkles – Sprinkles add a nice pop of color to your trees. Or you can opt to dust with powdered sugar to mimic snow.
How to Make
Step One: If your ice cream cone is too large, simply cut off the end to cut the cone to make it smaller if you want.
I recommend using a serrated knife to cut down the ice cream cone.
Step Two: If your cupcakes are not frosted, frost them. I used white frosting to mimic snow. Add your colored frosting in a piping bag and I did a 1M tip. I added a star, and then made a circle around the star, creating a rosette.
Aim for steady even pressure when you are working with the frosting.
Step Three: Place the ice cream cone on top of the cupcakes. Then with green frosting, pipe stars all over the tree using a small tip if you want.
Step Four: Decorate with sprinkles or add powdered sugar to a strainer and dust to look like snow.
Variations To Recipe
- You can just add a thin layer of frosting on cupcakes of an color. The frosting is going to ensure the ice cream cone sticks to the cupcake.
- Use any technique you want for piping on your frosting on the cones. You can even spread it on with a knife if you don’t want to pipe on frosting.
- Another technique is to dip the ice cream cone in green chocolate and let it harden. Before it hardens add on your sprinkles.
Storing Cupcakes
Room Temperature – As long as you are using a frosting that doesn’t need to be refrigerated, these cupcakes can store at room temperature. The Christmas tree dessert is best eaten within the first 1-2 days of being made.
Freezing: You can freeze cupcakes you don’t eat right away. It can make the ice cream cone a bit soft as it thaws from the freezer.
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Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 6 cupcakes premade
- 2 cans store-bought vanilla frosting
- Green food coloring
- Sprinkles
- 6 Ice Cream Waffle Cones
Instructions
- Start by cutting down your waffle cones if you want them to be shorter.
- Add some white frosting in a piping bag and pipe a large star with a 1M tip. Then circle around the star to make a rosette, on the top of each cupcake.
- Next, you will color your frosting that is left green and place in a piping bag.
- Place your waffle cones on top of each cupcake.
- Begin piping stars on each ice cream cone working your way up the cone. I like to start at the bottom.
- Add on some sprinkles to look like Christmas lights if you want. Or you can even dust with powdered sugar in a sifter for a snow-themed cupcake.
- Serve up these Christmas tree cupcakes for a holiday dessert.
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