Almond Flour Holiday Tree Cupcakes

Directions

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   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

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   In a bowl simply add Blue Diamond Chocolate Cake Mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and water. Whisk together until smooth.

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   Using a medium sized cookie scoop fill the lined cupcake pan. Bake the cupcakes for 16 minutes.

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   While the cupcakes are in the oven, you can prepare the cone batter to make the adorable tree toppers. First, in a bowl add 1 egg white and whisk until soft peaks form. Then add sugar slowly, continue to whisk until glossy.

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   Next, add Blue Diamond Almond Flour, vanilla extract, and the melted unsalted butter. Fold ingredients together until smooth with no clumps.

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   On a parchment paper lined baking sheet, add a spoonful or 1 tablespoon of cone batter. Use the back of the spoon to create a 2 ½ inch wide circle and about 2 mm in thickness. Repeat this process 12 more times. Bake the circles for 6 minutes at 350 degrees fahrenheit.

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   Quickly and carefully roll the dough around a large piping tip to create a cone shape. Hold the cone together until set and repeat the process to make 12 cones.

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   While the cupcakes cool you can make the buttercream! In a bowl whisk softened unsalted butter until it becomes a whipped consistency. Add powdered sugar and milk. Continue to mix until frosting becomes light and fluffy.

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   Add ¼ of frosting to a separate bowl and mix green food coloring to it. Fill green frosting in a piping bag fit with a small #14 star tip and the rest of the white frosting with a medium sized round tip #807. Set aside.

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    Pipe white frosting onto each cupcake and place a cone on top. Now take your green frosting and cover the cone with little stars. Once covered, the cone will look like a little tree.

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    Top each tree with an edible pearl sprinkle and dust the trees with powdered sugar to look like snow.

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    Enjoy these delicious Blue Diamond holiday tree cupcakes!