As we near closer to Christmas, I decided to make these fun Christmas Santa Hat Cupcakes. What better time of the year then to experiment with some crazy baking ideas, right!?!? A delicious white chocolate cupcake topped with a red velvet icing, these cupcakes are definitely a big hit with Santa fans young and old. 

If you do make these for little ones I suggest making them into Mini Santa Hat Cupcakes. Just pop the batter into mini muffin tins and bake for 15 mins. To be honest, I personally prefer the icing to cupcake ratio of mini cupcakes!

What you will need

White Chocolate Cupcakes

• 60g butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 egg whites
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 60g white chocolate, melted
• 1 cup plain flour
• ¼ cup Greek yoghurt

Red Velvet Icing

• 225g butter, softened
• 60g cream cheese
• ¼ cup buttermilk
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 ½ teaspoons cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups icing sugar
• ¼ teaspoon red gel food colouring
• mini white marshmallows 

How to make it

Cupcakes

Step One: Preheat oven to 160°C. Place cupcake liners in cupcake tin.

Step Two: Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Step Three: Add egg whites and mix well.

Step Four: Add vanilla extract and mix.

Step Five: Add melted white chocolate and mix well.

Step Six: Add salt and baking powder. Mix well.

Step Seven: Slowly add flour making sure to mix well between each addition.

Step Eight: Fold in yoghurt until just combined.

Step Nine: Pour batter into lined cupcake tins.

Step Ten: Bake for 20 mins or until skewer comes out clean.

Step Eleven: Let cupcakes cool in tin for 10 mins then completely cool on wire rack.

Step Twelve: Beat together butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy.

Step Thirteen: Mix together buttermilk and red gel food colouring.

Step Fourteen: Add coloured buttermilk, salt, cocoa and vanilla extract to the butter mixture. Mix well.

Step Fifteen: Slowly add icing sugar with mixer on low. Once all icing sugar is added, mix icing on high speed for 2 mins.

Step Sixteen: Pipe icing onto the cupcakes and pop a mini marshmallow on top.

Check out my step by step YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/lq7CyQOurSw

Don’t forget to check out next week’s recipe.

Let me know in the comments if there are any recipes you would like to see. 

Check out last weeks Pumpkin Scones here.