How to Make Santa Hat Cupcakes - A Step-by-Step Guide

If you're looking for a fun and festive dessert to make this holiday season, look no further than these adorable Santa Hat Cupcakes. These sweet treats are perfect for Christmas parties, seasonal gatherings, or just a fun baking project to do with the kids. With their whimsical appearance and delicious flavor, these cupcakes are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them.

The base of these festive cupcakes is a classic vanilla cupcake recipe, which is moist, fluffy, and full of van...

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Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package vanilla frosting, divided
  • 12 unfrosted cupcakes, cooled
  • ¼ cup red colored sugar or sprinkles
  • 4 fresh strawberries, hulled
  • 3 ounces ready-to-use white fondant
  • 2 drops red food coloring, or as needed
  • 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Information

  • Prep Time: 45 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Servings: 12
  • Yield: 12 cupcakes

  • For the Santa hat cupcakes with sprinkles: Place some of the frosting into a piping bag with a large round tip. Pipe frosting perpendicularly to the center of the cupcake in the shape of a Santa hat, using gradually less pressure to create a cone shape. Cover cone with red colored sugar or red sprinkles. Spoon some frosting into a piping bag with a small star-shaped tip. Pipe frosting around the base of the hat for the rim and pipe a small pom-pom on top. Repeat with 3 more cupcakes.
  • For the Santa hat cupcakes with strawberries: Frost 4 cupcakes with a thin layer of vanilla frosting. Place a strawberry in the center, with the tip facing up. Pipe a small pom-pom on top of the strawberry using the small star-shaped tip. Pipe frosting around the base of the cupcake using the large round tip to create the hat's rim. Create swirls in the rim with a finger. Repeat with remaining 3 frosted cupcakes.
  • For the Santa hat cupcakes with fondant: Color white fondant with red food coloring. Sprinkle a work surface with confectioners' sugar and roll out 1/4 of the fondant into a very thin 2 1/2-inch circle. Cut a wedge from the circle, leaving a Pac-Man shape. Use the large round tip to pipe a cone of frosting in the center of each cupcake. Fold the cut edges of the fondant together to create a cone shape and place red fondant hat around the frosting cone. Use the star-shaped tip to pipe frosting around the base for the rim and a small pom-pom on top. Repeat with 3 more cupcakes.
  • Nutrition

    335 cal.

    • Total Fat: 12g
    • Saturated Fat: 3g
    • Cholesterol: 18mg
    • Sodium: 188mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 56g
    • Dietary Fiber: 0g
    • Total Sugars: 30g
    • Protein: 2g
    • Vitamin C: 4mg
    • Calcium: 52mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 53mg