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Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes Ingredients
- Butter
- Eggs
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Baking soda
- Milk
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Almond extract
*Optional sprinkles.
Cherry Frosting
- Butter
- Powder sugar
- Maraschino cherry juice
How to Make Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Set up your cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
Now add sugar, and vanilla to the butter and beat until combined.
Add egg whites, and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together. Add sprinkles for color if desired only.
Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting
Cherry Frosting Directions
In large mixing bowl, beat butter on high speed until stiff and fluffy.
Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time.
Scrape the sides to get all of the sugar.
Now add the cherry juice
In addition add the last cup of sugar.
Beat until smooth. Frost each cupcake and enjoy!
Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter room temp
- 2 egg whites
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- *Optional sprinkles.
Cherry Frosting
- 2 sticks butter room temp
- 4-5 cups Powder sugar
- 4 tbsp Maraschino cherry juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Set up your cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
- Now add sugar, and vanilla to the butter and beat until combined.
- Add egg whites, and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together. Add sprinkles for color if desired only.
- Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting
Cherry Frosting Directions
- In large mixing bowl, beat butter on high speed until stiff and fluffy.
- Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time.
- Scrape the sides to get all of the sugar.
- Now add the cherry juice
- In addition add the last cup of sugar.
- Beat until smooth. Frost each cupcake and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
