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Confetti cupcake with sprinkles and buttercream frosting swirl.
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Confetti Cupcake Recipe

Moist vanilla cupcakes with sprinkled batter to look like confetti! They're topped with a rich buttercream frosting and are perfect for parties!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
0 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 15 cupcakes
Calories:
Author: Eden
Cost: $15

Ingredients

Confetti Cupcakes

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter room temp.
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large egg whites
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1/2 cup colorful sprinkles

Buttercream Frosting Recipe

  • 2 cups buttercream frosting

Instructions

  • Combine all of the dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
  • In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    Beating butter and sugar.
  • Add each egg white one at a time and continue beating.
  • Add in the whole egg.
  • Combine the milk, oil, and extracts together in a bowl with a spout.
    Liquid ingredients in a measuring cup.
  • With the mixer on low, alternate the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients, beating until combined each time.
    Alternating dry ingredients and wet ingredients.
  • Fold in the sprinkles.
    Folding in sprinkles to a vanilla cupcake batter.
  • Fill a cupcake tray 3/4 of the way full.
    A filled cupcake tin with confetti cupcake batter.
  • Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. This will vary depending on your cake pan, true oven temperature, and location.
    Homemade frosting in a piping bag next to confetti cupcakes.