HO, HO, HO!
It's that time of year again. Make everyone smile at your holiday party with these cute Santa Cupcakes from Taste of Home. The kids love 'em!
Ingredients
1 package (18-1/4 ounces) white cake
mix
1 can (16 ounces) or 2 cups
vanilla frosting, divided
Red gel or paste food coloring
Miniature marshmallows, chocolate chips,
red-hot candies and flaked coconut
Directions
Prepare and bake cake mix according to
package directions for cupcakes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire
racks to cool completely.
Place 2/3 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint
with red food coloring. Set aside 3 tablespoons white frosting for decorating.
Cover two-thirds of the top of each cupcake with remaining white frosting.
Frost the rest of cupcake top with red frosting for hat. Place reserved white
frosting in a small heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a 1/4-in. hole in
one corner.
On each cupcake, pipe a line of frosting to
create fur band of hat. Press a marshmallow on one side of hat for pom-pom.
Under hat, place two chocolate chips for eyes and one red-hot for nose. Gently
press coconut onto face for beard. Makes about 1-1/2 dozen.
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