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cupcakes with green frosting swirls topped with pointed sugar cone elf hats and colorful sprinkles on a wooden board in a wide horizontal shot, a holiday cloth and scattered sprinkles nearby, bright natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Elf Hat Cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes topped with a tall swirl of green frosting and decorated with an elf hat sugar cone and sprinkles.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 0.5 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups green frosting
  • 12 sugar ice cream cones small
  • 3 tbsp holiday sprinkles

Method
 

  1. Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  2. Mix in the flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt alternately with the milk.
  3. Divide into 12 liners and bake at 350F for 16-18 minutes; cool fully.
  4. Pipe a tall swirl of green frosting on each cupcake.
  5. Set a small sugar cone on top as the elf hat and shower with sprinkles.

Notes

Trim the cones shorter if they topple, and add a frosting pom at the tip.