Its being to look at lot like Christmas in the kitchen! This fun Santa hat cupcake is one that the kids are going to LOVE! These Santa hat cupcakes look like they took forever to make and a lot of skill, but they are are so easy to make.
Everyone will love these Santa Hat Cupcakes not only because they are adorable but because they are made with homemade cupcakes and homemade frosting.
Santa Hat Cupcakes
When making Santa Hat cupcakes you are going to want to use your favorite cupcake flavors. Depending on my mood depends on what I use, but I normally use chocolate chip cupcakes, strawberry cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes or Bakery Style Vanilla Cupcakes. If you have a boxed cake mix you were wanting to use, try this awesome way to make a boxed cake mix taste homemade… it really gives you an amazing cupcake or cake!
For the frosting you want to use a frosting that you can color red. I like to use Marshmallow Buttercream, cream cheese frosting or my favorite The best Buttercream Recipe. Again which one you use depends on the mood you are in flavor wise.
You are going to want to make a cupcake frosting swirl, if you have never made a cupcake frosting swirl it is super easy to do! Check out the step by step directions for How to make a cupcake Frosting Swirl.
How to Make Santa Hat Cupcakes
Making these Santa hat cupcakes is so easy. All you need is homemade cupcakes cooled, red frosting, white frosting and a frosting piping bag.
Santa Hat Cupcake Supplies
- Large round pastry tip
- Star pastry tip
- 2 Pastry Bags
- White buttercream icing
- Red buttercream icing
- Cupcakes recipe
Santa Hat Cupcake Directions
First make a batch of your cupcakes and let them cool completely. You can pick whatever flavor for the cupcakes that you want to.
Next make a double batch of frosting. Pick from Marshmallow Buttercream, cream cheese frosting or favorite Vanilla Buttercream Recipe.
Split your frosting into 2 bowls once it is finished being made, putting 70% of the frosting in one bowl and 30% of the frosting in another.
Take the larger amount of frosting and color it red using food coloring. You can use either gel or liquid food coloring, whichever you prefer. I prefer the gel but it is all personal preference. Add food coloring and mix until you get a deep red color that is the same color as Santa’s hat.
Bring these Santa Hat Cupcakes to any party you are going to and everyone will love them! I find transporting them is easiest when I use a covered Cupcake Carrier.
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How did you get it so red? Do you have a cream cheese icing that you like? I need to make a red cream cheese icing but I’m having a hard time getting it red like elmo.
Use a gel food coloring it will work better then the liquid 🙂
Did you actually make the red icing, because to get a good red you still need a lot of red gel coloring and then the icing has a bitter taste. I’ve been looking for a solution to the red icing issue.
There is a very red color but you also need to let it sit in the fridge for a day and it will eventually take the red color
use red red paste by wilton and at some rose pink to it. makes great red color
Debbie, Wilton makes a red no taste gel food color. I have used it before without any problems.
You can purchase red, black, blue and any other color icing from the grocery store bakery. They sold it to me by the lbs. Pricey but if you are doing something special it is worth it. Good luck. I got mine at Bilo.
There is also a red gel “no taste’ coloring that is made by Wilton and can be bought at Walmart.
When I made lighting McQueen red frosting by adding some cocoa powder to the base frosting then adding red gel frosting. It became a brighter red color. I think you can also start with using beet juice. At least you don’t have to start from white to get to the red color.
Check Wilson and see if they have a red frosting or coloring
Will you have a red mouth after eating? As an adult if I took them to a party I wouldn’t want everyone embarrassed
i cannot find the recipe ? just how-to-dos-videos. i just need the recipe for the chocolate dough it was insanely yummy. pleeeraseeer