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Santa Hat Cupcakes are so easy to make that you will make them a new family baking tradition this year! These delicious bites of red velvet cake will delight everyone this holiday season and will leave your guests saying, "Can I have the recipe for these Santa Hat Cupcakes please"?
Santa Hat Cupcakes
Each year in December, we set aside one day to do all of our holiday baking. It's a fun tradition that I started with my girls when my oldest was little. It's a fun way to create not only memories but cute Christmas desserts like these Reindeer Cupcakes and our North Pole Christmas Cupcakes.
Holiday baking is so much fun! Whether you do it by yourself, your family, or your friends, it just really seems to set the Holiday mood once the baking is done! Maybe it's the smell of Vanilla waffling through your house. Or maybe it's the smell of the red velvet cupcakes that are baking when you are making these fun Santa Hat Cupcakes!
Can I Use a Homemade Recipe for the Cupcakes?
Absolutely! You can use either a store bought box mix or make your own from scratch. Totally up to you!
Do I Have to Use a Piping Bag?
That is totally up to you! You can do what you prefer! You can use the ready to go filled pastry frosting bag before and it's a great timesaver AND it's just the right consistency! You could pipe with vanilla frosting, then sprinkle red sugar on the hat to make it red.
How Many Cupcakes Does This Recipe Make?
It makes 6 cupcakes, or you can double it for 12.
Ingredients Needed
- 6 Prepared Red Velvet Cupcakes (you can use your favorite store brand mix or make them homemade)
- Vanilla frosting - I used a can of frosting, however, you can use the ready to use prepared frosting bag that you can find in your baking aisle, or you can make your favorite homemade recipe.
- Mini Marshmallows - you will want to use the mini ones so you can make the trim of the hat.
- Red Gel Food Coloring
- Red Sugar - or you can color your own sugar with food coloring.
- Optional: White Edible Glitter
Supplies Needed:
Piping bag
Step by Step Directions
All of the simple directions are at the bottom of the post in the recipe card. You can come back to these photos for reference.
And there you go! Santa Hat Cupcakes that are not only cute but they are an easy holiday treat to make! Enjoy!
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📖 Recipe
Santa Hat Cupcakes
Equipment
- Cake pan if making your own cupcakes
- Large bowl if you are mixing your own ingredients
- Small bowl for water
- Small bowl for the marshmallows
- Piping bag
Ingredients
- 1 can Vanilla Frosting
- 1 ½ cups Mini Marshmallows
- Red Gel Food Coloring
- Red Sanding Sugar
- White Edible Glitter optional
Instructions
- Color the frosting red, put in a piping bag, and pipe swirls of frosting on each cupcake upwards to a point so it looks like a hat and sprinkle red sugar all over.
- Place marshmallows all around the bottom edge of each frosting hat so it looks like the white part of Santa’s hat. Take 6 marshmallows and dampen with a bit with water, and sprinkle the white glitter all over them. Stick one on the top of each hat.
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