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The Cutest Snowman Cupcakes

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Darling winter blue vanilla cupcakes and white vanilla buttercream decorated with winter themed sprinkles and the cutest piped buttercream snowman on top!
Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 batch Vanilla Cupcakes tinted blue Recipe linked below
  • 1 batch Vanilla Buttercream Recipe linked below
  • 1 Wilton 1A Piping Tip
  • 2 cups Winter Themed Sprinkles *use some of the winter themed sprinkles (dragees and jimmies) for the ear muff details!
  • 24 carrot nose sprinkles
  • small black sphere sprinkles

Instructions

  • With a piping bag fitted with the Wilton 1A piping tip and white buttercream, pipe a large dollop of buttercream in the center of the cupcake.
  • Spread the sprinkles on a flat plate, then gently press the piped buttercream into the sprinkles to cover.
  • With the same piping tip, pipe a large dollop in the center of the sprinkled buttercream to make the bottom of the snowman.
  • Pipe another dollop on top of the first, but this time make it a bit smaller for the snowman’s head. If you end up with a shape that isn’t exactly spherical, use a wet fingertip to flatten the top out.
  • Add black sprinkles for buttons eyes.
  • Add a carrot sprinkle nose.
  • Add two dragees by the ears for earmuffs.
  • Connect the dragees on top of the head with a line of jimmies.

Notes

Recipe for both the cupcakes & buttercream are here. To convert the cake into cupcakes, split the cake batter into 24 cupcakes and bake for 12-14 minutes.