Making Christmas Cupcake is the best thing to do in this festive season. You will find perfect Christmas cupcake ideas here for you to choose from for this Christmas. The best part is that you will be able to download the recipe video by the end of this article from any site you want. You could make this Christmas exciting for your loved ones and friends with amazing cupcake ideas by making this festive season memorable!
Top 10 Christmas Cupcake Recipe
1. Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 12 waffle cones
- 12 cupcakes: baked and cooled
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Shredded sweetened coconut
- Food coloring: Green gel paste
- Cupcake topper (optional)
Recipe:
- Trim lower point of each cone for a small opening & keep aside. Put the frosting on top of the cupcakes and spread it. Now dip the top of all the cupcakes into coconut
- Mix together with green gel paste
- Now transfer the green frosting in a large pastry bag
- Pipe the cone till the cupcake resembles a "Christmas tree". Repeat it with other cupcakes
- It can be refrigerated for upto 5 to 6 hours.
2. Champagne Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup of butter
- 6 eggs
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 vanilla split bean or extract
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup champagne/sparkling wine
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup raspberry/strawberry jam
- Coarse white sugar, White jimmies or other white sprinkles
- Champagne Butter Frosting
Champagne Butter Frosting
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 16 ounce package powdered sugar (4 cups)
- 4 tablespoons champagne, sparkling wine, or milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Champagne, sparkling wine, or milk
Recipe:
- Discard the yolks. Let the remaining yolks, egg whites and butter to stay at room temperature for about 30 minutes
- Grease the muffin cups. Stir the flour, baking powder and salt together
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- In a mixing bowl beat egg whites at high speed in the electric mixer and set aside
- In another mixing bowl beat butter from medium to high speed for 30 seconds
- Then add granulated sugar gradually , egg yolks and the vanilla extract, flour mixture and champagne to the butter mixture
- Pour the batter with a spoon into muffin cups
- Bake about 15 minutes
- Remove the cupcakes from muffin cups & Cool them
- Place jam in a pastry and insert the tip on top of each cupcake
- Pipe Champagne Butter Frosting on cupcakes
- Decorate with jimmies or coarse sugar
Champagne Butter Frosting
- Take a mixing bowl & beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add 1 cup of the powdered sugar & beat well. Slowly beat in champagne and vanilla.
- Gradually beat in the powdered sugar.
- Beat in additional champagne until the frosting reaches its consistency.
3. Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls
For Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 tablespoons butter room temperature
- 6 ounces of cream cheese softened
- 1½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
For Cinnamon Sugar Swirl
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter room temperature
- 2 tablespoon cinnamon
Recipe:
- Preheat the oven at 350 degrees.
- Bake the cinnamon rolls in the baking tray for 10-12 mins until it reaches golden brown.
For Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Mix the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix it starting on low speed for 2 minutes and mix on medium speed for 3 minutes.
For Cinnamon Sugar Swirl
- In a bowl add the ingredients and mix it together until it forms like a paste.
- To make a swirl on the cupcakes add the frosting in a piping bag.
- Then add the cinnamon sugar mixture to the side of the same piping bag and swirl it on the cupcakes.
4. Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Filling
Ingredients:
- Baking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 tablespoons (heaping) cocoa powder
- 1 cup boiling water
Cream Filling:
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup shortening, such as Crisco
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Ganache:
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 6 tablespoons corn syrup
Recipe:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Bake the muffins for 13 to 15 minutes.
- For Ganache > heat the cream and corn syrup over medium heat > Add the chocolates in a bowl and add the vanilla to the cream mixture. Then pour the cream mixture over the top of the chopped chocolate. Whisk it properly
- For the crème filling: Whip butter light and fluffy>Stir together the powdered sugar and salt & add it to the gradually> Add the milk and vanilla by beating it > Put the filling in a pastry bag.
- Fill with crème filling and Ganache on the cupcake. Keep it aside and let them set for some time.
5. Snowflake Cupcake
Ingredients:
- 210 gm. plain flour
- 1 and 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 and 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 240 ml milk
- 500 gm. sugar
- 95 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 12 ml vegetable oil
- 240 ml lukewarm water
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 500 g icing sugar
- Sky blue food coloring
- Edible snowflake decorations and silver sugar balls
- 110 g butter
- 220 g cream cheese
- 2 tsp. good quality vanilla extract
Recipe:
- Prepare the mixture.
- Bake it at 300 degrees for 18 to 20 min.
- Make the frosting.
- Decorate the cupcakes snowflakes and sugar balls.
6. CANDY STRIPE COOKIE STICKS
Ingredients:
- 1 cup plus 1 tsp. granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tsp. flour
- 7 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
For the Mint Frosting:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- Green food coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Halved chocolate mints
Recipe:
- For the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350°F
- Combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a large bowl.
- In another small bowl mix together the egg, milk, oil, peppermint, and vanilla> Add the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and beat on medium speed for 30 seconds.
- Fill each cupcake with batter. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
7. Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
- 2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup butter
- 2-1/2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 can solid-pack pumpkin
For Frosting:
- 1 package cream cheese(8 ounces)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Take a large bowl and add cream butter & sugar > Add eggs & pumpkin > Combine flour, pie spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and ginger > Add the creamed mixture with buttermilk
- Fill muffin cups and Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool it for 10 minutes before removing from the pan
- Beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth & fluffy > Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla and cinnamon & beat them. Frost cupcakes
8. Red Velvet Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon red gel-paste food color
- 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees > Whisk together cake flour, cocoa, and salt.
- Mix in other ingredients to make the flour mixture.
- Bake it and Decorate the cupcake with the frosting after it cools down.
9. Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1¾ c. all-purpose flour
- ½ c. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ c. milk
- ½ c. reduced-fat sour cream
- ¾ c. unsalted butter
- 1¼ c. sugar
- ½ c. creamy peanut butter
- 3 large eggs
Chocolate Frosting
- 2 c. semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 c. reduced-fat sour cream
Peanut Butter Filling
- ½ c. creamy peanut butter
- 3 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1½ c. confectioners’ sugar
- 3 to 4 Tbsp milk
Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees> Whisk together cake flour, cocoa, and salt.
- Mix in other ingredients to make the flour mixture.
- Bake it for 20 minutes and cool it for 10 minutes.
- Beat peanut butter and add the ingredients gradually.
- Fill it in the pastry bag and fill it in the center of the cake.
- Melt chocolate chips and add sour cream. Beat it till it reaches consistency. Spread 2 Tbsp. frosting on each cupcake.
10. Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cups (225g) flour (self-raising)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
- 100g butter, softened
- 1 cup (200g) caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon
Lemon curd
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
- 3 egg whites
- Meringue
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Beat the butter, sugar and lemon > Add eggs, flour and milk
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes
- Combine the ingredients for lemon curd and prepare it
- Spoon meringue on top of each cake
- Use a small Brule gun to grill the meringue until lightly golden & transfer the cupcakes to an oven tray. Place them under a preheated grill until it becomes golden brown
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