Yellow Butter Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted by Dexie on June 13, 2007

I won't beat around the bush, these cupcakes are soooo good. I mean just look at 'em. I took time to decorate the frosting too unlike the butterscotch cupcakes I made months ago.

INGREDIENTS: Yellow Butter Cake
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cups milk

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Beat until light and fluffy.

In another bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk.

Transfer the batter into muffin pans, lined with muffin papers. Bake at 375F, until a toothpick is clear when you poke it. Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING :
1 brick of cream cheese
4 cups of confectionary sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup butter

Beat everything together in a mixer until it's turned to frosting consistency.

Once the cupcakes are cooled. Have fun frosting. For decorating, I used tubes of food coloring, rainbow sprinkles, red and green sprinkles.

To do the swirly design, slowly pump the tip of the food coloring tube on top of the frosting, making 3 thin lines. Gently run the tip of the toothpick on top, the opposite way of how you did the food coloring. Once you get the hang of it, you can combine two different colors. Nothing to it really. Have Fun. My son and I did :) .

BTW, This recipe makes 16 cupcakes. I made them 2 days ago. We have 1 left. I wonder who would be the lucky person to eat it. :)

TAGS: Cakes, Cream Cheese Frosting, Cupcakes, Desserts, Sweet Treats, Yellow Butter Cake
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[ READER COMMENTS ]

1. 1

   Lesli said:

   Hi Dexie,

   Tag you're it! http://www.superwoman.ca/7-random-facts-about-this-superwoman-012470.php

   - Lesli

   www.superwoman.ca
   www.forks.ca

   Posted at 01:45 PM, on June 13 2007

1. 2

   Tara said:

   These look fantastic! I'm salivating. Need some cupcakes now....

   Posted at 08:35 PM, on June 13 2007

1. 3

   dexie said:

   Tara, I wish I could send some to you without smooshing frosting.

   Posted at 06:56 AM, on June 14 2007

1. 4

   koko said:

   yum yum looks delicousm but no offense i would do withou the CHESSE ICING! and the butter you fool! jk no offense that was my sister jenny sorry...

   Posted at 02:01 PM, on May 10 2009

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