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Christmas Tree Cupcakes for your holiday baking enjoyment and your festive party platters!
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Vegan Christmas Cupcakes

These vegan Christmas cupcakes may look difficult, but they're surprisingly easy to make with some accidentally vegan ingredients...and fun to eat!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Diet Vegan
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 18
Calories 307kcal
Author Marly McMillen

Ingredients

Egg Replacer

Cake Batter

  • 1 ½ cup water
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • ⅓ tablespoons applesauce
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 Duncan Hines Cake Mix French Vanilla, Yellow, or Strawberry work for this recipe
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Decorations

  • 18 sugar ice cream cones
  • 2 14 oz Duncan Hines Whipped Vanilla Frosting
  • Green food coloring
  • Flaked coconut
  • Candied decorations - Yellow Skittles sprinkles, and Christmas themed candies

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F/177°C. Line a muffin pan with cupcake papers.
  • In a small bowl stir together the egg replacer with 6 tablespoons of warm water. Set aside
  • In a mixing bowl add the water, vegetable oil, applesauce, sugar, and egg replacer. Mix by hand or with an electric mixer on low speed until well combined.
  • Add the cake mix, flour, and baking powder. Mix on medium speed for one minute.
  • Spoon the cake batter into prepared cupcake papers. Bake in heated oven 15 to 18 minutes, until done.
  • Frost cooled cupcakes with white frosting. and sprinkle with flaked coconut. Set aside.
  • Color the rest of the frosting with green food coloring, using enough to achieve the desired color of green. Use a butter knife to spread the green frosting over the sugar cone, gently pulling the knife away to create wisps, resembling tree branches. Make these random so it will look natural.
  • Place a green icing-coated cone on each cupcake. Place a yellow Skittle at the top of each cone, attaching it with an extra dollop of frosting. While the frosting is still soft, add candied decorations to make it look like decorated Christmas trees.

Notes

You can substitute vegan chocolate cupcakes.

Egg Replacer

You can order Ener-G Egg Replacer or use this as a substitute: 2 tablespoons potato starch, 1 tablespoon tapioca starch, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon baking soda. This is a very similar formula to the egg replacer mentioned above.

Nutrition

Calories: 307kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 258mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 1mg