Easter Funfetti Cupcakes

 My quilt group meets this week and we have a birthday and Easter this week so I wanted to make a special treat to take. I have made similar cupcakes in the past but I made chocolate cupcakes so it would look like dirt under the grass. This year I didn’t want to do chocolate cupcakes, we have a couple of ladies that are allergic to chocolate. Terrible I know. So these funfetti cupcakes are like little east eggs hidden in the cupcake. You don’t have to wait for Easter to make them they will make any occasion festive.

Decorated with cute little Peeps and eggs. I know there are some people that don’t like Peeps but they are on a toothpick so easy to pull out.

Very simple ingredients.

The recipe calls for sifting 1 1/2 cups plain flour. I don’t normally shift my flour but it is baking so I tried it to see if it makes a tender cake.

Add 1 1/2teaspoons baking powder to the sifter of flour.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the sifter too.

The dry ingredients sifted.

In another bowl add 2/3 cup sugar.

Add 2 eggs to the sugar.Beat until fluffy and a light yellow color.

Melt 3/4 cup butter. I put it in the microwave and barely melted it because I didn’t want it to be hot.

Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla to the egg mixture.

The melted butter.

Add to the wet mixture. Mix well.

Measure 1/2 cup of milk. Alternate adding milk and dry ingredients to the bowl. Mix and scrape the sides between each mixing.

First part of the flour mixture added and mixed.

All mixed up and ready for sprinkles.

Fold in 1/4 cup of sprinkles to the batter. You can use any kind of sprinkles you want.

I preheated the oven to 350 while I put the batter in the cupcake tins. The recipe said it would make 24 Cupcakes. I don’t know if I put in too much batter or my cupcake tins are larger but I only had 15. Keep that in mind if you use this recipe. I found cute Easter cupcake liners to use. Put the pans in the oven for about 15-16 minutes.

Out of the oven and cooling before I ice them.

Funfetti Cupcake Recipe

1 1/2 cup plain flour 

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs 

2/3 cup sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 Cup milk

1/4 cup sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350 Bake 15-16 minutes

Buttercream frosting

Very simple buttercream 

Start with 2 sticks softened butter

Since I already had the sifter out and my powdered sugar had lumps I sifted 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar.

Add 2 teaspoons vanilla to butter.

Add a pinch of salt

Mix well. The butter will be fluffy and a light yellow color.

Alternate between 1 teaspoon milk or heavy cream either will work and the powdered sugar. Mix well.

About halfway through I add the green gel coloring so it will be mixed well.

Mixing well.

Frosting is read.

Load your piping bag and put your favorite tip on and you are ready to frost the cupcakes.

Cupcakes frosted now it is time to decorate them.

They are already to share with my group.

Buttercream Frosting Recipe

1 cup softened butter

3 1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon milk or heavy cream

Pinch of salt

Gel food coloring