Delicious chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes with buttercream frosting are super cute, fun to decorate, and perfect for the Holiday season.

How to Make Easy Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Ingredients

▢¾ cup (90 g) all purpose flour

▢⅔ cup (67 g) cocoa powder

▢1 teaspoon baking powder

▢1 teaspoon baking powder

▢¼ teaspoon salt

▢2 large eggs

▢1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar

▢⅓ cup (80 ml) vegetable oil

▢½ cup (120 ml) milk

▢2 teaspoons (30 ml) pure vanilla extract

Vanilla Frosting

▢1½ cups (340 g) unsalted butter softened to room temperature

▢5½ cups (650 g) powdered sugar

▢5½ cups (650 g) powdered sugar

▢2 teaspoons (30 ml) vanilla extract

▢2 tablespoons (30 ml) milk

▢Green food coloring

To Decorate

▢Sprinkles or sugar pearls

▢Red fondant optional

▢Gold Fondant optional

▢Gold lustre powder optional

Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C), or 140°C if using a fan oven, and line a muffin baking pan with 12 cupcake liners.

In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract.

In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract.

Stir in milk, then add the rest of the ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt), and mix until just combined but do not over mix. They batter won’t be very thick, sort of runny and that’s okay.

Make the Frosting: Whip the softened butter for 2 minutes until it's light and creamy. Mix in the powdered sugar gradually, then increase the speed and whip for 1 more minute. Add vanilla extract, milk, and green food coloring and mix again until combined.

Pour the batter into liners, and bake for 18-20 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely. make the frosting by adding 1/2 teaspoon of food colouring to the vanilla frosting and beat with an electric mixer until colour is evenly distributed. If you want a brighter green colour add more food colouring.