Dave’s Funfetti Peeps Cupcakes

March 31, 2013 by 3 Comments

Funfetti Peeps Cupcakes by JavaCupcake.com

Yesterday was my son’s 1st birthday party and I’ve been super preoccupied with getting his Sesame Street cupcakes and all the food ready for that!  So… this morning, Easter, I knew I had to whip up something easy, but super cute for the party we are headed to this afternoon.  Luckily, my husband stepped up and offered to make them for me… and so here we have Dave’s Funfetti Peeps Cupcakes!

Mr. JavaCupcake

Since this was a last minute endeavor he used a box mix and doctored it up with sprinkles, homemade frosting and some super cute Peeps on top!  (I helped just a little bit with the frosting.  hehe)

From start to finish I think it took my husband about 90 minutes to make… super easy and sure to be loved by everyone at the party today!

Happy Easter!

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Funfetti Peeps Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Yield: 18-24 cupcakes - depending on size

Ingredients

    Cupcakes
  • White box cake mix (plus all the extra ingredients on the box)
  • 1/2 cup rainbow jimmies
    • Buttercream
  • 12 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 5-6 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3-1/2 cup heavy cream
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • rainbow jimmies
  • large round piping tip & disposable piping bag
  • Peeps chicks

Instructions

    Cupcakes
  1. Prepare cupcake batter as directed on the box. Fold 1/2 cup rainbow jimmies into the batter before scooping into cupcake liners.
  2. Bake as directed. Cool in pans for 5-10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
    3. Buttercream
  3. Cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar one cup at a time and beat until incorporated.
  4. Add the vanilla, salt and 1/3 of heavy cream and mix until incorporated. Scrape the sides of the bowl, beat again and test the consistency. If you'd like a thinner frosting, add the remaining heavy cream. Beat on high for 2-3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
    5. Assembly
  5. Using a large round tip fitted to a disposable piping bag, swirl one tall later of frosting onto teach cupcake.
  6. Gently press the rainbow jimmies onto only the sides of the frosting. Top each cupcake with a Peeps chick.
  7. Store in air tight container for up to 3 days.
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Rainbow Funfetti Birthday Cake Oreo Cupcakes

March 19, 2012 by 5 Comments

Being out here in Germany has its disadvantages.  As a baker, the lack of access to seasonal and special products that my favorite companies make is a huge disadvantage.  So when Oreo celebrated it’s 100th birthday with special confetti cake flavored Oreos I BEGGED my friends back home to send me some.  Luckily, one fantastic friend (CARRIE!) sent me TWO packages of these special cookies!

When I first opened the bag, I noticed the smell… they were different from the regular Oreos.  Then, I tasted them.  OH EM GEE.  They taste like birthday cake!  Those Oreo people are GENIUS!

So, into my cupcakes these cookies went.  I made a basic vanilla cupcake batter, added a birthday Oreo to the bottom of each cupcake and filled the batter with funfetti rainbow sprinkles.  I then topped the cupcake with a basic vanilla cream cheese buttercream topped with more funfetti rainbow sprinkles and a birthday Oreo!

Simple.  Cute.  Delicious.

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Rainbow Funfetti Birthday Cake Oreo Cupcakes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Yield: 12 cupcakes

Happy Birthday to Oreo!

Ingredients

    Rainbow Funfetti Cupcakes
  • 2 egg whites, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup milk, room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup rainbow jimmies

  • 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, soft/room temperature

  • 12 birthday Oreo cookies
    • Rainbow Cream Cheese Buttercream
  • 2oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 lb powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2-4 Tbsp heavy cream
  • pinch of salt
  • Wilton food color, gel - various colors
  • rainbow jimmies

Instructions

    Rainbow Funfetti Cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line cupcake pan with liners.
  2. Separate egg whites and whisk together with milk and vanilla. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  4. Add the softened butter and half the milk mixture and mix on medium until combined.
  5. Pour in the remaining milk mixture and mix on high until combined, about 10-15 seconds. DO NOT OVER MIX! Scrape the sides of the bowl.
  6. Gently fold in the funfetti jimmies, 4-5 strokes.
  7. Place one Oreo at the bottom of each cupcake liner. Fill the liner 2/3 full with batter.
  8. Bake 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Allow to cool in pan for 4-5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
    10. Rainbow Cream Cheese Buttercream
  10. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese.
  11. Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time and mix on high until smooth.
  12. Add the vanilla and salt and mix until combined.
  13. Mix in 2 Tbsp of vanilla. Add more, if necessary, to get your desired consistency.
  14. Beat on high for 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy.
  15. Separate buttercream into 4 small bowls. Add color and mix until combined.
    16. To make rainbow frosting:
  16. Prepare a large piping bag and a star tip.
  17. Spoon in a dollop of each color into the bag, pressing it against the side of the bag to make room for the other colors. Continue layering in the colors into the bag.
  18. Slowly press the frosting out of the star tip. Be careful not to press too hard, you don't want the colors to mix too much and come out brown.
    19. To Assemble:
  19. Pipe a swirl of rainbow frosting on top of each cooled cupcake.
  20. Garnish with rainbow jimmies and half a birthday Oreo.
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PS… I was in a hurry and didn’t bring my eggs and milk to room temperature and didn’t bake them quite long enough, so my cupcakes didn’t rise like I wanted them to.  :( Bummer.  Make sure yours are room temperature and be patient!!

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