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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 18 |
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My kids leave out at least one cupcake for Santa on Christmas Eve, shares Sharon Skildum from Maple Grove, Minnesota. Ingredients:
1 package white cake mix (regular size) |
1 can (16 ounces) or 2 cups vanilla frosting, divided |
red gel or paste food coloring |
miniature marshmallows, chocolate chips, red hots candies and flaked coconut |
Directions:
1. Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
2. Place 2/3 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint with red food coloring. Set aside 3 tablespoons white frosting for decorating. Cover two-thirds of the top of each cupcake with remaining white frosting. Frost the rest of cupcake top with red frosting for hat. Place reserved white frosting in a small heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a 1/4-in. hole in one corner.
3. On each cupcake, pipe a line of frosting to create fur band of hat. Press a marshmallow on one side of hat for pom-pom. Under hat, place two chocolate chips for eyes and one Red Hot for nose. Gently press coconut onto face for beard. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.
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