June 29, 2016
Besides, isn’t it a little awkward to eat a full-sized cupcake with grace?
White Mini Cupcakes With Buttercream
These little white cupcakes were made with a Betty Crocker cake mix. Milk was substituted for the water in the recipe. You can change the liquid in packaged cake mixes to change the flavor or make them a little richer and more like homemade.
Using this white cake mix, it made sixty-six mini cupcakes. I used the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting recipe. There was just a little leftover and plenty for frosting all of the cupcakes.
The little white cupcakes were taken to a pool party. Even though they were made in no time and were so quick, they ended up being such a hit! There were no leftovers.
Cherry Coke Mini Cupcakes
These little mini Cherry Coke Cupcakes were inspired by a post on Pinterest. Sophia came over and we made these together.
We had a Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Super Moist Cake Mix and used it. 1 cup of Cherry Coke and 1/3 cup of Maraschino Cherry Juice is substituted for the water. Using the amount of oil and 3 eggs as indicated on the box, we added them and followed the directions for mixing.
The recipe on the CincyShopper.com site calls for plain Coke, but Sophia and I thought, “Why not use Cherry Coke?” So, we did.
That recipe also calls for adding a Maraschino cherry to the middle of the batter in each muffin cup before baking. Since these were minis, we did not do that.
In comparison to the white cake mix making sixty-six, this cake mix made eighty-four mini cupcakes! Did the addition of the Coke make the difference? They were light and tasty.
We used the same Vanilla Buttercream Frosting that was used for the white cupcakes.
Cherry Flavoring
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We also added red gel food coloring and Lorann Oils’ Cherry Flavoring
, which is used for candy making and baking. These are three to four times more potent than regular extracts. We wanted a more noticeable cherry flavor.
We ended up using six drops of the cherry flavoring. Sophia was more than willing to taste after each addition! She said it was perfect with six drops. Then, the frosting was piped on the cupcakes.
We didn’t want the cherries on top to bleed into the frosting, so, they were first set on paper towels to drain and then blotted lightly with the paper towels. Each cupcake is topped with a cherry. They look so pretty!
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