Cotton Candy Cupcakes
Mar 7, 2022 16:38:07 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Mar 7, 2022 16:38:07 GMT -5
Cotton Candy Cupcakes
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Servings24
Ingredients
For the Cupcake:
15.25 ounces white cake mix 1 box
12 ounces lemon-lime soda 1 can
Blue food coloring
Pink food coloring
For the Frosting:
16 tablespoons salted butter softened
2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk or half and half or heavy cream
1 teaspoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon cotton candy extract test for flavoring and add more if needed
½ teaspoon salt
5 cups powdered sugar
Blue food coloring
Red or Pink food coloring
Optional Toppings:
Blue cotton candy
Pink cotton candy
Sprinkles
Instructions
Make Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to instructed temperature on the cake mix box for baking cupcakes. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
Prepare the white cake mix by whisking together the cake mix with the lemon lime soda. Mix everything thoroughly.
15.25 ounces white cake mix,12 ounces lemon-lime soda
Separate the batter into two bowls. Add the blue food coloring to one bowl and the pink to the other bowl. Fold the food coloring into the batter until combined fully. Add more food coloring if needed to reach the desired colors.
In each cupcake liner, pour both the blue and pink batter, alternating, until the liner is ¾ of the way full.
Bake cupcakes in the oven for 18 to 21 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then carefully transfer cupcakes to a cooling rack and cool completely.
Make Frosting
To make the frosting, use a mixer to beat the salted butter until it becomes light in color, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the whole milk, lemon juice, cotton candy extract and salt until combined.
On low speed, add in the powdered sugar, gradually increase the speed to high and beat for 5 minutes or until the frosting is light and fluffy.
Divide the frosting into two separate bowls and add the blue food coloring to one bowl and the pink to the other. Stir until the color is completely combined and the desired color is reached, adding more coloring as needed.
To get a multi-colored marbling effect for your frosting, place both frosting colors in a piping back. Alternate placing large spoonfuls at a time of each color until the piping bag is filled.
Use a piping bag and star tip to frost the cupcakes with the pink and blue frosting.
Top the cupcake by adding sprinkles and some pink and blue cotton candy, optional. Serve and enjoy!
NOTE: Make sure the soda is fresh before you add it to the cake mix. The carbonation from the soda helps the cake to rise so it needs to be fresh.
Once finished mixing your cake mix, get the cupcakes into the oven as quickly as you can. If you let the batter sit for too long, the carbonation from the soda will start to decrease and fizzle out and you won’t get as much of a rise from the cupcakes.
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Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Servings24
Ingredients
For the Cupcake:
15.25 ounces white cake mix 1 box
12 ounces lemon-lime soda 1 can
Blue food coloring
Pink food coloring
For the Frosting:
16 tablespoons salted butter softened
2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk or half and half or heavy cream
1 teaspoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon cotton candy extract test for flavoring and add more if needed
½ teaspoon salt
5 cups powdered sugar
Blue food coloring
Red or Pink food coloring
Optional Toppings:
Blue cotton candy
Pink cotton candy
Sprinkles
Instructions
Make Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to instructed temperature on the cake mix box for baking cupcakes. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
Prepare the white cake mix by whisking together the cake mix with the lemon lime soda. Mix everything thoroughly.
15.25 ounces white cake mix,12 ounces lemon-lime soda
Separate the batter into two bowls. Add the blue food coloring to one bowl and the pink to the other bowl. Fold the food coloring into the batter until combined fully. Add more food coloring if needed to reach the desired colors.
In each cupcake liner, pour both the blue and pink batter, alternating, until the liner is ¾ of the way full.
Bake cupcakes in the oven for 18 to 21 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then carefully transfer cupcakes to a cooling rack and cool completely.
Make Frosting
To make the frosting, use a mixer to beat the salted butter until it becomes light in color, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the whole milk, lemon juice, cotton candy extract and salt until combined.
On low speed, add in the powdered sugar, gradually increase the speed to high and beat for 5 minutes or until the frosting is light and fluffy.
Divide the frosting into two separate bowls and add the blue food coloring to one bowl and the pink to the other. Stir until the color is completely combined and the desired color is reached, adding more coloring as needed.
To get a multi-colored marbling effect for your frosting, place both frosting colors in a piping back. Alternate placing large spoonfuls at a time of each color until the piping bag is filled.
Use a piping bag and star tip to frost the cupcakes with the pink and blue frosting.
Top the cupcake by adding sprinkles and some pink and blue cotton candy, optional. Serve and enjoy!
NOTE: Make sure the soda is fresh before you add it to the cake mix. The carbonation from the soda helps the cake to rise so it needs to be fresh.
Once finished mixing your cake mix, get the cupcakes into the oven as quickly as you can. If you let the batter sit for too long, the carbonation from the soda will start to decrease and fizzle out and you won’t get as much of a rise from the cupcakes.
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