Best Santa Hat Cupcake

Ingredients:

• 1 box Devil’s food cake
• 1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 3 c. powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• red food dye

Directions:

1. Line a muffin tin with liners.
2. Make chocolate cupcakes according to package directions. Let cool completely.
3. Make cream cheese frosting: In a large bowl, beat together butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
4. Transfer about one third of the frosting to a smaller bowl. Dye the rest of the frosting (in the large bowl) red.
5. Pipe red frosting onto cupcakes in a conical shape to mimic a Santa hat. Use a smaller star tip to pipe the white frosting around the edges.