King (cup) Cakes for Mardi Gras

King (cup) Cakes for Mardi Gras is a lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 12 servings. One serving contains 572 calories, 4g of protein, and 9g of fat. For 43 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 7 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes. It is brought to you by White Lights On Wednesday. It works well as a side dish. If you have almond extract, vanillan extract, ground cinnamon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Overall, this recipe earns a not so great spoonacular score of 14%. Easy Mardi Gras King Cakes with Cream Cheese Cinnamon Filling, Mardi Gras King Cake Cupcakes: Fit for a King and Queen, and Mardi Gras King Cake are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 12

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

½ teaspoon almond extract

2½ teaspoons baking powder

¾ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup butter, softened

2 eggs

2½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

5 to 6 tablespoons milk

½ teaspoon salt

1¾ cup sugar

3½ cups confectioner's sugar, sifted

1½ teaspoons vanilla

¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

Equipment:

muffin liners

mixing bowl

oven

bowl

muffin tray

toothpicks

wire rack

Cooking instruction summary:

Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Set both aside.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line 24 muffin cups with cupcake liners.In a large mixing bowl, beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar ¼ cup at a time, scraping sides of the bowl occasionally. Beat for 2 minutes more until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture and milk in alternating additions, beginning and ending with the flour; beat on low speed after each addition just just combined (batter may look curdled).Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into the bottom of each muffin tin. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon brown sugar mixture over batter in each cup. Repeat, spooning 1 tablespoon batter, then 1 teaspoon brown sugar mixture into each muffin tin.Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in cupcake pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from tin and cool completely on wire racks.While cupcakes cool, prepare buttercream.Beat butter in large mixing bowl for 1 minute until fluffy. Beat in confectioner’s sugar 1 cup at a time until well combined with butter. Add extracts. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired frosting consistency is achieved.Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes with a star tip. While frosting is wet, sprinkle cupcakes with yellow, purple, and green sanding sugar (one third of the cupcake top per color). Gently shake off extra sugar once frosting has set. Top with Mardi Gras themed cupcake pick if desired.

 

Step by step:


1. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Set both aside.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line 24 muffin cups with cupcake liners.In a large mixing bowl, beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds.

2. Add sugar ¼ cup at a time, scraping sides of the bowl occasionally. Beat for 2 minutes more until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

4. Add flour mixture and milk in alternating additions, beginning and ending with the flour; beat on low speed after each addition just just combined (batter may look curdled).Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into the bottom of each muffin tin. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon brown sugar mixture over batter in each cup. Repeat, spooning 1 tablespoon batter, then 1 teaspoon brown sugar mixture into each muffin tin.

5. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in cupcake pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.

6. Remove cupcakes from tin and cool completely on wire racks.While cupcakes cool, prepare buttercream.Beat butter in large mixing bowl for 1 minute until fluffy. Beat in confectioner’s sugar 1 cup at a time until well combined with butter.

7. Add extracts.

8. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired frosting consistency is achieved.Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes with a star tip. While frosting is wet, sprinkle cupcakes with yellow, purple, and green sanding sugar (one third of the cupcake top per color). Gently shake off extra sugar once frosting has set. Top with Mardi Gras themed cupcake pick if desired.


Nutrition Information:

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572k Calories
3g Protein
8g Total Fat
121g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
572k
29%

Fat
8g
14%

  Saturated Fat
5g
33%

Carbohydrates
121g
41%

  Sugar
101g
112%

Cholesterol
48mg
16%

Sodium
183mg
8%

Alcohol
0.32g
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
3g
8%

Selenium
12µg
17%

Vitamin B1
0.21mg
14%

Folate
51µg
13%

Manganese
0.26mg
13%

Vitamin B2
0.19mg
11%

Phosphorus
108mg
11%

Iron
1mg
9%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Calcium
69mg
7%

Vitamin A
287IU
6%

Potassium
155mg
4%

Fiber
0.9g
4%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.28mg
3%

Vitamin D
0.37µg
2%

Magnesium
9mg
2%

Zinc
0.33mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.32mg
2%

Vitamin B12
0.11µg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.03mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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