Santa Hat Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Servings: 24 cupcakes

These fun festive cupcakes are a great treat at Christmas.


All You Need Is ...

  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil’s Food Cake Mix
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1/3 cup (80ml) vegetable oil
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 3/4 cup (180ml) water
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 3 extra large eggs
For the topping
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 tub Betty Crocker™ Creamy Deluxe™ Vanilla Frosting
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 24 large strawberries, hulled

Betty's Easy Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan forced). Place 24 muffin or patty pan cases into 2 x 12-hole muffin trays. Remove the enclosed frosting sachet from the cake mix and reserve for another use.
  2. Make up the cake mix as directed on the box using the oil, water and eggs. Divide equally among the paper cases.
  3. Bake in the oven for 18-22 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of 1 cake comes out clean. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack; about 30 minutes.
  4. Spread the vanilla frosting over the cupcakes (reserving 1 tablespoon of the frosting). To serve, top each with 1 upside-down strawberry and place an additional dot of the reserved frosting onto the end of each strawberry for the hat bobble.

Betty's Tips

  • Make them more chocolatey by using Betty Crocker™ Creamy Deluxe™ Milk Chocolate Frosting instead of vanilla.
  • Add a coloured sugar-coated chocolate bean to the top of each hat for a tempting finish.