Grinch Cupcakes are so much fun and festive with cake batter baked right into the cone. The kids will love them and they're perfect for the holiday season!
1batchhomemade vanilla buttercream frostingrecipe is on my website
12ice cream cake cones
24candy eyes
⅓cupholiday sprinkles, plus 2 tablespoons for on top of cupcakes
1tubeblack frosting, store bought
4dropsgreen food coloring gelI used the brand Americolor in Electric Green & Leaf Green
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, mix up the cake batter with an electric mixer according to package instructions. Stir in ⅓ cup holiday sprinkles.Use a muffin scoop to scoop cupcake batter into greased muffin tins or cupcake pans. (You don't even need cupcake liners.) Make sure you don't over-fill them. You only need to fill the muffin cup ⅔ full.
Add an upside down ice cream cone on top of the batter in each muffin cup. Bake cupcakes at 350°F for 20-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack.
Make homemade vanilla buttercream using hand mixer or stand mixer. Reserve 1 cup white buttercream. Color the rest green. (I used 3 drops Electric Green, 1 drop Leaf Green - Americolor brand.) Frost cupcakes with green icing using an offset spatula. Place candy eyes on the green frosting.
For the hat: Use a piping bag fitted with a 1A tip to pipe a swirl of red frosting on top of each cupcake. Using a #21 tip, pipe white buttercream around the base of the hat and on the tip. Pipe black icing eyebrows using a #352 tip. Add sprinkles.
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Notes
If you're in a hurry, use 2 cans store bought green frosting to frost the cupcakes.