Valentine's Cupcakes
If you're looking for a simple, yet delicious treat for the one you love, look no further than these tasty vanilla Valentine's Cupcakes topped with a delicate homemade vanilla buttercream frosting!
Ingredients
- 1⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter melted
- 3 egg whites at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- ½ cup whole milk warm
- ½ cup sour cream room temperature
Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 4½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4-5 tablespoon heavy cream
- sugar sprinkles red and pink
Instructions
Cupcake Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk to combine.
- Separate the eggs. Save the yolks for another recipe.
- In another large bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients until completely combined. The batter may be lumpy, but that's okay!
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until they are just combined.
- Using a cookie scoop or spoon, fill cupcake wells about ⅔ full.
- Bake for about 18 minutes or until centers spring back from the touch.
- Allow cupcakes to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before frosting and decorating.
Frosting Instructions
- Beat the softened butter over medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy and soft.
- Continue to beat over medium speed as you slowly mix in the powdered sugar. Be sure to stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed to make sure the sugar becomes fully incorporated.
- Once the butter and sugar are completely combined, add in the vanilla extract.
- Add in the heavy cream 1 Tablespoon at a time until the frosting reaches the desired consistency.
- Scoop frosting into an icing bag fitted with your desired piping tip. I used a Russian Ball Tip to decorate mine.
Decorating the Cupcakes
- Once cupcakes have cooled, frost liberally.
- Decorate by dusting with colored sugar sprinkles in desired patterns and designs.
Notes
The frosting recipe will make enough vanilla buttercream frosting to frost 12 cupcakes or 1 two-layer 8-inch cake.
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