Wedding Cupcakes with Frosting

Name: Wedding Cupcakes with Frosting
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 1 3/4 cup flour; 3/4 cup cocoa; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup boiling water; -----------Frosting----------; 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; 5 1/2 cups confectioners sugar; 1/3 cup heavy cream or whole milk; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/8 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp peppermint extract

5 steps

Yields 28 regular cupcakes

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:36:18 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories328.8 kcal (16%)

Total Fat15.6 g (22%)

Carbs47.4 g (18%)

Sugars39.6 g (44%)

Protein2.1 g (4%)

Sodium175.5 mg (9%)

Fiber0.9 g (3%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

28 servings

2 cupssugar

1 ¾ cupflour

¾ cupcocoa

1 ½ tspbaking powder

1 ½ tspbaking soda

1 tspsalt

2eggs

1 cupmilk

½ cupvegetable oil

2 tspvanilla extract

1 cupwater

boiling

Frosting

1 ½ cupsunsalted butter

softened to room temperature

5 ½ cupsconfectioners sugar

⅓ cupheavy cream

or whole milk

1 ½ tspvanilla extract

⅛ tspsalt

¼ tsppeppermint extract

Instructions

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 cupcake pans.

OvenPreheat

Step 2

2. Mix together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans, approximately 1/8 cup (4 tsp if using paper cups)of batter, per cup.

Step 3

3. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost.

Step 4

-------------frosting--------------

Step 5

Whip butter...then add remaining ingredients, whip until fluffy