Tree Shaped Fondant Christmas Cupcake Toppers

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Tree Shaped Fondant Christmas Cupcake Toppers. All it really means is harnessing your inner child and playing with fondant as you played with Play-Doh years ago. You are going to create mini Christmas Trees so you are all ready with those handmade Christmas cupcake toppers to rock out a festive treat!

Cupcakes  6-8 oz. green fondant  FOR THE BUTTERCREAM YOU WILL NEED: – ¾ cup softened butter (1 ½ sticks) – 3 cups icing sugar – 3-5 tbsp milk – 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes – Red gel food coloring – Yellow gel food coloring – Blue gel food coloring

INGREDIENTS:

After baking the cupcakes and letting them cool, line a baking sheet with wax paper and roll out a dozen 2-inch fondant spheres.  Start shaping each fondant sphere into cones so that they take the shape of Christmas trees. Use scissors to cut little indents all around the fondant tree (this will give it texture). Set lightly on the lined baking sheet.

FOR THE BUTTERCREAM YOU WILL NEED:  – ¾ cup softened butter (1 ½ sticks) – 3 cups icing sugar – 3-5 tbsp milk – 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes – Red gel food coloring – Yellow gel food coloring – Blue gel food coloring

To make the buttercream, use an electric mixer and beat butter, icing sugar, and milk on medium speed. Gradually increase speed to high and beat until completely smooth. Frost each cupcake with an offset spatula and add shredded coconut on top.

Add some buttercream to the bottom of each tree and place on in the center of each cupcake. Separate the remainder of your frosting into three different bowls. Color each one with your gel food coloring.

Now let’s add some holiday lights to your tree-shaped fondant Christmas cupcakes toppers! Add each buttercream color into a sandwich bag, cut a small hole in one and corner, and pipe out little dots on your fondant Christmas trees. We kept the yellow for the top part of the tree – this will act as your fondant tree’s “star.”

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