Description
These whimsical Gnome Cupcakes are perfect for holiday celebrations or kids’ parties. With a vanilla cake base, colorful buttercream hats, and adorable decorations, they are sure to bring a smile to everyone’s face.
Ingredients
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Cupcakes:
- 1 box vanilla cake mix (plus required eggs, oil, and water)
Buttercream:
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
- Red gel food coloring
- Green gel food coloring
Decorations:
- Mini marshmallows
- Mini chocolate chips
- Shredded coconut (for beards)
- Large round piping tip
- Small round piping tip
- Ice cream cones (for hats)
- White candy melts or white chocolate (optional for hat decorations)
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a muffin tin. Prepare and divide cake batter into liners. Bake and cool cupcakes.
- Make Buttercream: Beat softened butter, add powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. Color frostings red and green.
- Decorate: Pipe swirled hats or frost cones. Attach ice cream cone hats, add coconut beard, marshmallow nose, and chocolate chip eyes. Optional: decorate hats with white chocolate.
Notes
- Use a toothpick to secure cones if needed.
- Refrigerate frosted cupcakes before decorating for stability.
- Chocolate cupcakes can be used as a base.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 375
- Sugar: 36g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
