Almond Flour Holiday Tree Cupcakes

Directions

Cupcakes

1. Step 1 complete

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

2. Step 2 complete

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

3. Step 3 complete

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

Tree Topper

1. Step 4 complete

   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.

2. Step 5 complete

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

3. Step 6 complete

   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.

4. Step 7 complete

   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.

Buttercream Frosting

1. Step 8 complete

   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.

2. Step 9 complete

   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.

3. Step 10 complete

   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.

4. Step 11 complete

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

5. Step 12 complete

   Enjoy these delicious Blue Diamond holiday tree cupcakes!