I'm super excited about today's blog post because, not only do I get to share confetti cupcakes with you (which are my favorite!), but we're also having a virtual baby shower! My blog buddy Jessica of How Sweet It Is will welcome her new baby in December, so a whole bunch of us food bloggers are throwing her an online shindig. I know she'll be the best mama ever, and good gracious will that child ever be well fed!
The theme of the shower is trashed up foods - and who doesn't love a good homemade Funfetti cupcake with too many (and I mean waaaay too many) sprinkles. So no, It wasn't difficult to decide what to make for Jessica. We share an intense (insane?) love of sprinkles and confetti cupcakes seemed just perfect to me. This recipe is a riff on her One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes for Two. Since her family is increasing from two to three (er, I'm assuming), I decided to develop a recipe that makes exactly three cupcakes.
Now, I realize it will be a good long while before the baby will be eating cupcakes, but it's good to think ahead, right? And something tells me this kid will be introduced to sprinkles early on.
As for the cake batter frosting? It was also inspired by Jessica's magic, specifically this sprinkled Cake Batter treat. I try to avoid eating buttercream straight from the bowl (hehe, yeah right) but this one is irresistible! I already have plans to shmear it over a batch of Rice Krispy treats.
Also, friends, please take a gander at all the fabulous trashed up (read: freaking delicious) foods that my blog buddies have created. You'll find the entire list with links just below the cupcake recipe.
The only important thing I have left to say is - Congratulations Jessica! We're all so excited for you!
Confetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting for Three
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Yields 3 standard-size cupcakes
Total time 25 minutes
I like a lot of frosting on my cupcakes, especially when it tastes like cake batter. If you're less inclined to eat so much frosting, the recipe can be halved.
Cupcakes
1 large egg
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup/60 g all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons confetti sprinkles, plus more for garnish
Cake batter frosting
1/2 cup/113 g unsalted butter, softened
1 cup/120 g confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 1/2 tablespoons French Vanilla cake mix (I use Betty Crocker, of course!)
1 to 2 tablespoons milk, if needed
Make the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with three cupcake papers.
In a large bowl, combine the egg, sugar and vanilla using a whisk. Whisk in the oil. Add the flour, baking powder and salt; stir together until just combined, then add the milk. Fold in the two tablespoons of confetti sprinkles. Divide the batter between the three cupcake liners, filling them no more than 3/4 full.
Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until the cupcakes have fully crowned and spring back when pressed in the center. Let cool completely.
Make the frosting: Cream the butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat to combine. Beat in the vanilla.
Add the pinch of salt and cake mix; beat together. Add milk one tablespoon at a time until the mixture is lax enough to pipe. Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Garnish with sprinkles.
trashed up salads
- Gimme Some Oven - Asian Broccoli Salad with Peanut Sauce
- The Lemon Bowl - Brussels Slaw with Tahini Dressing and Za'atar Crostini
- With Style & Grace - Kale Salad with Apple, Hazelnuts & Bacon
trashed up cocktails
- Dine & Dish - Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail
- Food For My Family - Cranberry Orange Dark and Stormy Cocktail
- Minimalist Baker - Bourbon Pumpkin Milkshakes
- Stylish, Stealthy & (sometimes) Healthy - Apple Cider Shandy
- A Spicy Perspective - Preggy Punch Mocktail
- Girl vs. Dough - Boozy Maple Peanut Butter Cup Milkshake
- Honestly Yum - Maple Bacon Pisco Sour
- Cookin Canuck - Pink Grapefruit Margaritas
- A Thought For Food - Mezcal Citrico Cocktail
- A House in the Hills - Pomegranate Rosemary Spritzer
- The Novice Chef - Ginger Bourbon Apple Cider
- Bran Appetit - Citrus Cider Punch Floats
trashed up burgers
- Edible Perspective - Meatloaf Veggie Burgers with Mashed Potatoes + Gravy
- The Little Kitchen - Salmon BLT Sliders with an Avocado Aioli & Brie
- Daisy At Home - Balsamic Beef Burger with Mac and Cheese
- Cookies & Cups - Candied Bacon Maple Cheddar Burger
- Climbing Grier Mountain - Trashed-Up Steak Burger with Chicken Fried Bacon & Dijon Gravy
- Dessert For Two - Bleu Cheese Burgers + Sweet Potato Fries
- Country Clever - Fig Rosemary Roast Chicken Brie Brussels Sprout Panini
- Foodie Crush - The Best Cheeseburger Soup
- Lady and Pups - Spicy Sambal Chicken Meatball Sub with Eggs
- Two Peas & Their Pod - Sweet Potato and Kale Grilled Cheese
- Bake Your Day - Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich
trashed up tacos
- Spoon Fork Bacon - Crunchy Ground Beef and Cheesy Tacos
- The Fauxmartha - Boozy Beef and Butternut Tacos
- With Food + Love - Harvest Hash Breakfast Tacos
- Mountain Mama Cooks - Crispy Kale and Brussels Sprout Tacos with Bacon
- Heather Christo - Bahn Mi Tacos with Spicy Sriracha Honey Sauce
- A Couple Cooks - Loaded Huevos Rancheros Tacos
- Fitnessista - San Diego Lobster Street Tacos
trashed up desserts
- My Name is Yeh - Mini Vanilla Loaf Cakes, All Trashed Up
- Picky Palate - Pumpkin Spice Butterscotch Sprinkle Cupcakes
- Sprinkle Bakes - Cake Batter Confetti Cupcakes
- Averie Cooks - Easy Homemade Funfetti Cake with Vanilla Buttercream
- Sweet Phi - Trashed Up Shortbread Cookie Bars
- Love & Olive Oil - Loaded Junk Food Brownies
- Lauren’s Latest - Bakery Sugar Cookies
- Cookie + Kate - Peanut Butter, Banana, Honey and Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Flourishing Foodie - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream Frosting
- The Sugar Hit - Salted Caramel Popcorn Ice Cream Cake
- Hummingbird High - Breakfast Cereal Cake Donuts
- Top With Cinnamon - Triple Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Crumb Cake
- Bake at 350 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sundaes
- Simple Bites - Lemon Layer Cake
- Bakerella - Baby Block Cake Pops
- She Wears Many Hats - Chocolate Covered Grapefruit
trashed up pizza
- Bev Cooks - Beer Battered Fried Calamari Pizza
- Foodie With Family - Trashed Up Barbecue Turkey Pizza
- Shutterbean - Pesto Potato Bacon Pizza
- i am a food blog - Grilled Cheese Pizza
- My Life as a Mrs - Chili Cheese Dog Pizza
- The Beeroness - Beer Cheese Tater Tot Pizza
- Yes I Want Cake - Roasted Pumpkin Pizza
- Two Red Bowls - Bacon Mashed Potato Pizza
- Dula Notes - Pork Bahn Mi Pizza
- Weelicious - Trashed Up Mexican Pizza Pockets
- Take a Megabite - Roasted Beet Pizza
- Hungry Girl Por Vida - Hard Cider Braised Pork with Sour Cherries and Cheesy Polenta
- Bakers Royale - Trash’d Street Tacos
I love that this makes exactly three cupcakes! What a brilliant idea :-)
ReplyDeleteit looks so yummy *-* I want to try it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for making the perfect confetti cupcake with quinns...Spot on for the true confetti look. Jimmies just don't do it rightly and they bleed all over the batter. Enjoy the shower!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! Can we skip the mains and go straight to dessert, please? ;)
ReplyDeleteI love that you made 3! Brilliant and adorable!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE these cupcakes! I'm definitely going to have to try the cake batter frosting!
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes are so cute!
ReplyDeleteAlso, cake batter frosting? Are you serious? That's awesome!
Of course it's gotta have lots of sprinkles! And I just love that you made three perfect cupcakes for the soon-to-be family of three. Genius!
ReplyDeleteFab fab fab! I want 5 billion. Thank you so much for being a part!
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing! I MUST try this cake batter frosting!
ReplyDeleteI love these! So, so cute and they look completely heavenly too. That frosting swirl is killer.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious, just as usual!
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What a great idea putting cake mix into the frosting!! They are so beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteMade them, loved them, can you produce a chocolate version (sans sprinkles of course!).
ReplyDeleteWow Heather... This cupcakes are sooooooo cute!!! I love them!!!Really!! =)
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful!! I love how soft + delicate the colors are. Thanks so much for contributing this recipe for Jess's shower! (sorry if this posts twice...not sure if the first went through)
ReplyDeleteSo cute and delicate! I love these. :)
ReplyDeleteThese party cupcakes are just the cutest!
ReplyDeleteHeather, I know these cupcakes are for your friend, but they are so YOU! Love ALL the sprinkles!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I personally love confetti, and to find a great recipe like this involving confetti amazes me! I will have to try these later tonight and I'll let you know how the recipe turns out.
ReplyDeleteLook at all those sprinkles! What a great way to celebrate Jessica's new baby!
ReplyDeleteThese little cupcakes are absolutely so precious and perrrrfect for a baby shower! I can't believe it's taken me this long to come over and comment on these gorgeous cupcakes, I've been thinking about them since last week! I have a few baby showers coming up, and I'm definitely going to make and bring these for the mamas to be :)
ReplyDeleteJust adorable. And such a sweet occasion! Virtual confetti for all! :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, the 3 cupcakes is a cute thing I guess but could you have at least included the measurements to make a full dozen? Sure, I could quadruple everything but I'm not a baker and I'm pretty sure I know you would assume to quadruple the eggs. So do you only use this recipe to bake 3 cupcakes always?
ReplyDeleteHi Stacey!
DeleteAm I sensing some hostility here? (haha, wink!) I developed this recipe for just three cupcakes because my blogger friend was having a baby (increasing her family from two to three). Some people find small batch recipes useful (less waste for small families). To answer your question, I only use this recipe to make three cupcakes. I don't recommend quadrupling it. Here is what I DO recommend:
1. Mix the cake batter portion of the following cupcake recipe and add 1/3 cup confetti sprinkles to the batter; bake for 17 to 22 minutes - http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2014/03/shirley-temple-cocktail-inspired.html
2. Return to this blog post and double the cake batter frosting recipe. Frost the cupcakes as directed.
If you follow these directions, you shall have 15 cupcakes.
I hope this helps! Thanks for your question.
Oooooh, I just love those cute sprinkles!! Will you be having more at your store site?
ReplyDeleteCan i quadruple this recipe to make 12??
ReplyDeleteHi! These looks really nice. I have a question though, is the cake mix really necessary in the frosting? Is there anything I can use instead? I just don't like the idea of buying a box of cake mix to use a couple of tablespoons... Thanks and have a nice week!
ReplyDeletethis cupcakes will be perfect for my daughter birthday party. Thanks for share this posting. This cupcakes recipe that i really looking for
ReplyDeleteReally gorgeous pictures. I made these onfetti cupcakes with cake batter for the super bowl party and it was a crowd favourite. I'm also gonna pin this post on my Pinterest board my followers will love it. Thanks for sharing!
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