What you are creating:

Who doesn't love fun holiday cupcakes? These are so easy to make and feature fun sugar decor. This is a great project for the whole family!

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Ingredients:

• 1 lbs 5 oz bakers sugar

• 1 lbs 4 oz cake flour

• .75 oz baking powder

• 1/2 oz of salt

• 9 oz buttermilk

• 5.25 oz whole eggs

• 6.75 oz of egg whites

• .75 oz vanilla

• 12 oz high ratio shortening 

Decorations are available at Lucks.com:

• Penquin Decorations

• Gingerbread Men Decorations

• Candy Cane Decorations

• Christmas Ball Decorations

• Christmas Light Decorations

• Holiday Fusion Sprinkle Mix

• Holly Berry Sprinkle Mix

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Directions:

1. Preheat over to 325°F. Line your cupcake pans.

2. Dry Ingredients: Sift together first 4 ingredients in a bowl, set aside.

3. Wet Ingredients: Combine the next 4 ingredients in a bowl, set aside.

4. In the bowl of a Kitchen Aid equipped with a paddle attachment, add shortening and blend with dry ingredients and half of your wet ingredients. Mix on medium speed, scraping the bowl periodically until smooth.

5. Add remaining ingredients in 3 additions alternation dry with wet.

6. Scoop batter into your lined cupcake pans using an ice-cream scoop.

7. Bake 18-20 mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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Makes approximately 3 dozen cupcakes.

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Buttercream:

• ​Use either our our Swiss Meringue Buttercream or our American Buttercream recipe.

• Place the icing into a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip or a round tip and pipe a swirl.

• Decorate with fun sugar Decons from Lucks. 
   

For jumbo size cupcakes bake 28-30 mins at 350°F