Snowflake Cupcakes
Want a dessert that will be a show stopper at all your holiday parties? Try these Snowflake Cupcakes made with a vanilla cake base topped with an extravagent amount of vanilla icing, festive sprinkles, and a minty peppermint patty to offset the sugary flavor from the icing and candies.
Ingredients
- 1 box of french vanilla cake mix
- 3 large eggs room temp
- 1/2 C of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1 C whole milk
- 1 C Blue Jimmie Sprinkles
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 4 1/2 C powdered sugar
- 5-7 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
- 2 tsp. Pure vanilla extract
- 1 large piping bag with large star tip
- 2 containers of wilton Christmas wonderland sprinkles Found at michaels
- 24 unwrapped York Peppermint patties
- 1 tube of white frosting with a number 2 tip
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a cupcake pan with the cupcake liners
- In a medium bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and milk until smooth and combined
- Fold in the sprinkles
- Fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes.
- Pull out the cupcakes and allow them to cool before frosting.
- Place the york peppermint patties onto a cookie sheet
- Pipe a snowflake onto the center of the peppermint patties; Allow to dry
- Using a standing mixer combine the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, vanilla and mix on medium speed until combined and smooth
- Scoop the frosting into the piping bag
- Pour the Christmas sprinkles into a medium bowl
Decorating Instructions:
- Using the piping bag, pipe a thick wall of frosting around the edge of the cupcakes
- Coat the frosting in the Christmas sprinkles
- Pipe a dollop of frosting into the middle of the sprinkle coated frosting
- Carefully place the decorated york pattie in the frosting dollop Enjoy!