• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a 12-cup cupcake pan with paper liners.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a small bowl, stir together the milk and vanilla.In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy
• Reduce the speed to medium-low, slowly add the egg and egg whites one at a time, and beat until creamy
• Slowly add half the flour mixture, then the milk mixture, then the remaining flour mixture, beating until just blended after each addition.
• Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake liners and bake until the tops are just dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Allow cooling completely
• Using a standing mixer with a paddle beater, cream the butter and vanilla until combined
• Mix in 2 C of powdered sugar on low speed until combined, the frosting will look like pebbles
• Mix in the remaining powdered sugar and slowly increase speed to medium speed
• Mix in the heavy whipping cream and continue to beat the frosting until it is combined and smooth
• Scoop about 1 C of frosting into both of the small bowls
• In one bowl, mix in a few drops of yellow gel food coloring then scoop into 1 of the piping bags
• In the second bowl, repeat the step above in order to make your black frosting color
• Using the remaining frosting in the mixing bowl, add several drops of red gel food coloring to create your red frosting

Building your Santa belly cupcake

• Using the cookie scoop, scoop a mound of red frosting onto the top of a cooled cupcake
• Carefully place the cupcake upside down so that the frosting is flat on top of the silicone baking mat
• Repeat the step above for the remaining cupcakes
• Place into the freezer for 10 minutes or until the frosting is firm
• This allows you to get the smooth frosting layer
• Carefully peel off the frosting and the cupcake off the silicone baking mat
• Using the black frosting, pipe a thick line of black frosting across the center of the cupcake
• Using the yellow, create an open square in the center of the black line. This is the belt buckle
• Using the black frosting again, pipe two dots above the buckle
• Enjoy