You’ll love making these Candy Cane Christmas Cupcakes Recipe with a North Pole Twist!
Visiting the North Pole? Give Santa some Candy Cane Christmas Cupcakes.
A quick easy recipe that can only be mistaken for homemade at it best. You would swear Mrs. Claus prepared these for Santa herself.
- Cupcakes:
- 3 cup Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 cup softened Butter
- 2 cup Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 16 oz Sour Cream
- Frosting:
- 1 cup softened Butter
- 3 tbsp Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 4 cup Powdered Sugar
- Decorations:
- 12 Peppermint Sticks
- ¼ cup White Sparkling Sugar
- Printed Labels
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line muffin pan with paper liners
- Cream butter and sugar in mixer until fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla and eggs one at a time.
- Add baking powder, salt and flour gradually until mixed.
- Add in sour cream and beat until blended.
- Fill cups to nearly full.
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Cream butter in a medium bowl
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar, and milk as needed, until everything is incorporated and frosting is right consistency.
- Transfer to piping bag or zippered bag and clip corner to pipe.
- Frost cupcakes.
- Sprinkle with sparkling sugar, inset peppermint sticks and attch labels.
Click here for PDF for Cupcakes==> Candy Cane Christmas Cupcake Tags
The ingredients for the Candy Cane Christmas Cupcakes Recipe are easy to assemble, you probably have them all in your pantry during the holiday season.
Hot Tip: For the best sour cream cupcake make sure to really cream the butter and sugar, this will enable a smooth base for the addition of the vanilla and eggs.
Once out of the oven, the Candy Cane Christmas Cupcakes will fill the room with an aroma of sour cream and vanilla. Make sure to thorougly cool before decorating!
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Very festive cupcakes. Not what I would make, but they’re lovely.
Ooh! I might have to make these to take with to my Aunt’s house. I’m usually in charge of making dessert.
These are just so cute. I bet they melt in your mouth!
I am book marking this page to try this recipe with my 10 year old granddaughter over the Christmas holidays. These look so yummy and fun to make not to mention they are so pretty!
Hi Cindi, Let me know how it turns out! Shelley, The Chief Blonde
I love your easy recipe here and I bet they tasted delicious!! Love those cute little tags you added on to them.
@tisonlyme143
These are so cute! My nieces and nephews would love them.
These sound super yummy and are so pretty too!
I made these last year for the first time and they were delicious! They loks really cute and everyone loved them. And I will be making them this year too. Thanks.
YUM! I am going to try this recipe with my daughter. She would love this.
Wow! I love this festive recipe. I bet they tasted as yummy as they are looking.
Wow, amazing recipe. Looking forward to making this on Christmas.