Festive & Tasty Christmas Tree Shaped Cupcake

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 3/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 Chocolate trees
  • 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Ingredients

  • 1 Frosting:

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/4 cup Vegetable oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 half bag Coconut

• Snacks

  • 1 Cookie sheet
  • 24 Pretzel sticks

• Dairy

  • 22 tbsp Butter
  • 1 tbsp Heavy cream

• Desserts

  • 1 Melting chocolate or candy melts, green

• Tools & Equipment

  • 1 Wax paper

• Other

  • shimmery edible pearls

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Description

Ingredients

• Cupcake Ingredients:
• 1 C flour
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ C cocoa powder
• 6 TBSP butter, room temp
• ¾ C sugar
• 1 large egg
• ¼ C vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Frosting
• Frosting Ingredients:
• 1 C butter, softened
• 2 C powdered sugar
• 1 - 2 TBSP heavy cream
• half bag of shredded coconut
• Chocolate trees
• Ingredients
• 24 pretzel sticks
• green melting chocolate or candy melts
• shimmery edible pearls
• wax paper
• cookie sheet
• Directions

Directions

• Cupcake Directions:
• -Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake paper liners.
• -Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• -Using a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• -Mix the egg, vegetable oil, and vanilla until well combined.
• -Add in the flour mixture, alternate with hot cocoa mix until there are no lumps.
• -Using a large ice cream scoop the batter into the lined cupcake tins until they are ¾s filled.
• -Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• -Remove from oven allowing cupcakes to cool in cupcake pan for 10 minutes.
• -Take out of cupcake pan and place individual cupcakes on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Frosting Directions:
• -Beat butter and sugar till combined
• -Mix in heavy cream and extract and mix until blended.
• -Once thick peaks form, take a butter knife and frost the cupcakes like shown in the image.
• -Dip the cupcake in coconut flakes
• -Set aside
• -Take the wax paper and line a cookie sheet
• -Draw out a triangle for your trees
• -Melt the chocolate using a double broiler
• -Pour chocolate into a piping bag fitted with a number #3 tip
• -Wrap a paper towel around the piping bag so you dont burn yourself
• -Take the chocolate and make zigzag lines going top to bottom.
• -Sprinkle some edible pearls
• -Place try in the fridge for 10 minutes
• -Gently peel off the tree and stick into the top of the cupcake.