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a tray of cheerful snowman cupcakes with tall white frosting swirls, coconut snow, mini chocolate chip eyes, and orange candy noses, shown in a wide horizontal composition on a wooden table with a sprig of pine, soft natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Frosty the Snowman Cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes with marshmallow fluff frosting and a sprinkle of coconut topped with a candy snowman face.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 48 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 large eggs
  • 0.5 cup milk
  • 2 cups vanilla frosting
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 24 mini chocolate chips for eyes
  • 12 orange candy pieces for noses

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F and line a muffin tin with 12 liners.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time.
  3. Mix in the flour, baking powder, and milk just until combined, then divide into the liners.
  4. Bake 16 to 18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean, then cool completely.
  5. Frost each cupcake with a tall swirl of vanilla frosting and roll the tops in coconut.
  6. Add two chocolate chip eyes and an orange candy nose to give each snowman his face.

Notes

Cool the cupcakes fully or the frosting will slide right off.