Vegan Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Vegan Christmas Tree Cupcakes
 By Namely Marly 
 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Yield: 18

Ingredients

• 4½ teaspoons Ener-G Egg replacer
• ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
• 8 tablespoons warm water
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil or vegan butter
• Duncan Hines Cake Mix (French Vanilla, Yellow, or Strawberry work for this recipe)
• 18 sugar ice cream cones
• 2 14 oz Duncan Hines Whipped Vanilla Frosting
• Green food coloring
• Flaked coconut
• Candied decorations - Yellow Skittles, sprinkles, and Christmas themed candies

Instructions

1. Heat your oven to 350F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake papers.
2. In a mixing bowl combine the egg replace with 6 tablespoons of warm water. Using a whipping attachment, whip on medium speed until frothy. Add xanthan gum and whip until the mixture thickens, up to 2 minutes.
3. Add the 1 cup of water, the vegetable oil and coconut oil. Continue mixing until well combined.
4. Add the cake mix and continue mixing (using the whipping attachment) on medium speed for two minutes.
5. Spoon the cake batter into prepared cupcake papers. Bake in heated oven 15-18 minutes, until done.
6. Frost cooled cupcakes with white frosting. and sprinkle with flaked coconut. Set aside.
7. Color the rest of the frosting with green food coloring, using enough to achieve the desired color of green. Use a butter knife to spread the green frosting over the sugar cone, gently pulling the knife away to create wisps, resembling tree branches. Make these random so it will look natural.
8. Place a green icing-coated cone on each cupcake. Place a yellow Skittle at the top of each cone, attaching it with an extra dollop of frosting. While the frosting is still soft, add candied decorations to make it look like decorated Christmas trees.