Lucky Charms Cupcakes
Making Leprechauns proud with these marshmallow-stuffed Lucky Charms Cupcakes! This recipe is one for the pot o' gold.
Servings: 20 cupcakes
Ingredients
Vanilla Cupcakes
- 2 1/4 cup cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cup whole milk
- 4 large egg whites
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 jar marshmallow fluff
- 1 box Lucky Charms Cereal
Buttercream Frosting
- 4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 colors food coloring (green, purple, pink, blue and yellow.
Instructions
To Make the Vanilla Cupcakes
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar on high until light and fluffy.
- Using a fork whisk egg whites, milk and extract together in a bowl.
- Alternate the dry and wet ingredients into the butter mixture beating on medium until incorporated.
- Fill cupcake molds 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes. Start with 12 minutes, check on the cupcakes and if they need more time leave them in for another few minutes. Do not over bake.
- Once cooled, remove a little from the center and fill with marshmallow cream and a few Lucky Charms marshmallows!
How to Make the Buttercream Frosting
- In an electric mixer, combine the room temperature butter and beat until smooth.
- Add in the sugar and the vanilla and continue to beat until smooth and fluffy.
- Divide the buttercream into four bowls and dye each one a different color. Pink, blue, green, yellow and purple. Use about one to two drops for each color.
- In a piping bag, with the fitted tip scoop a small amount of each color next to each other, or on top of. Repeat until the bag is full. You want a rainbow effect, so you can't scoop all the color in at once, it needs to be divided throughout the bag to come out with all the colors.
- Pipe the frosting onto each marshmallow filled cupcake and add a Lucky Charm to the top!
Nutrition
Calories: 473kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 730IU | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 0.2mg
