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Taste of Home - Cupcake of the Week

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Santa Cupcakes
SERVINGS 18
CATEGORY Dessert
METHOD Baked
PREP 25 min.
COOK 20 min.
TOTAL 45 min.
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To create a lovely presentation, I use a pastry bag and tips to decorate cupcakes. —Rhonda Prewitt, Poteau, Oklahoma

Santa Cupcakes

My kids leave out at least one cupcake for Santa on Christmas Eve. He's sure to love these!
Sharon Skildum, Maple Grove, Minnesota

INGREDIENTS:

1 package (18-1/4 ounces) white cake mix
1 can (16 ounces) or 2 cups vanilla frosting, divided
Red gel or paste food coloring
Miniature marshmallows, chocolate chips, red-hot candies and flaked coconut


DIRECTIONS:

Prepare cake batter according to package directions for cupcakes; fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake according to package directions. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks.

Place 2/3 cup frosting in a 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.

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: 1-1/2 dozen.

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