Mardi Gras Cupcakes

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Mardi Gras Cupcakes a try. One serving contains 565 calories, 3g of protein, and 35g of fat. For $1.12 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 14. Not a lot of people made this recipe, and 6 would say it hit the spot. A mixture of unsalted butter, salt, buttermilk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 8%. This score is very bad (but still fixable). Similar recipes include Mardi Gras Cupcakes, Mardi Gras Cupcakes, and Mardi Gras King Cupcakes.

Servings: 14

 

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 1/4 cups cake flour

1 teaspoon Malibu coconut rum

2 eggs (I like to separate and beat whites for a fluffier cake)

Purple gel food coloring

Green gel food coloring

Yellow gel food coloring

1/2 cup oil olive oil

5 cups powdered sugar

salt

3/4 cup sugar

2 cups unsalted butter , at room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Equipment:

hand mixer

blender

whisk

bowl

oven

stand mixer

Cooking instruction summary:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a medium bowl, add cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir together with whisk, and set aside.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, add eggs, sugar, vanilla, rum, and oil; beat on medium speed for about 30 seconds. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add about half of the flour mixture. Add half of the buttermilk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the buttermilk; beat until combined.
  4. Separate batter into bowls and color with gel food coloring in yellow, purple, and green. Pour a little of each batter into lined cupcake. Fill liners a little over half full. Bake cupcakes 12-14 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.
  5. For Frosting
  6. Using the paddle attachment of your stand mixer, whip the butter on medium-high speed for 2 minutes till butter is soft and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the vanilla, mix well. Whip at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed. To color frosting just whip with purple, yellow, and green gel food coloring individually.
  7. To swirl the frosting, simply put each color of frosting on each side of bag and pipe. I used a 1M tip from Wilton.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.In a medium bowl, add cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir together with whisk, and set aside.In the bowl of an electric mixer, add eggs, sugar, vanilla, rum, and oil; beat on medium speed for about 30 seconds. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add about half of the flour mixture.

2. Add half of the buttermilk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the buttermilk; beat until combined.Separate batter into bowls and color with gel food coloring in yellow, purple, and green.

3. Pour a little of each batter into lined cupcake. Fill liners a little over half full.

4. Bake cupcakes 12-14 minutes.

5. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.For Frosting

6. Using the paddle attachment of your stand mixer, whip the butter on medium-high speed for 2 minutes till butter is soft and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the vanilla, mix well. Whip at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed. To color frosting just whip with purple, yellow, and green gel food coloring individually.To swirl the frosting, simply put each color of frosting on each side of bag and pipe. I used a 1M tip from Wilton.


Nutrition Information:

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565k Calories
2g Protein
35g Total Fat
62g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
565k
28%

Fat
35g
54%

  Saturated Fat
18g
113%

Carbohydrates
62g
21%

  Sugar
53g
59%

Cholesterol
94mg
31%

Sodium
373mg
16%

Alcohol
0.22g
1%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Vitamin A
858IU
17%

Vitamin E
1mg
13%

Selenium
7µg
10%

Vitamin K
6µg
7%

Phosphorus
58mg
6%

Vitamin D
0.72µg
5%

Manganese
0.1mg
5%

Vitamin B2
0.07mg
4%

Calcium
35mg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.15µg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.21mg
2%

Folate
8µg
2%

Potassium
69mg
2%

Copper
0.04mg
2%

Iron
0.32mg
2%

Zinc
0.25mg
2%

Magnesium
5mg
1%

Vitamin B1
0.02mg
1%

Fiber
0.27g
1%

covered percent of daily need
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