Delicious vanilla funfetti cupcakes, full to the brim with brightly coloured sprinkles – perfect for any party or occasion!
One thing that has always baffled people is funfetti – it’s one of the best things to exist in my opinion! But what is it?! In my eyes, it’s a vanilla cake with sprinkles stuffed throughout the sponge, and it is HEAVENLY! And also, super cute.
Christmas is over, it’s nearly 2016 and my house is currently living on leftovers. As it is nearly New Years Eve when many people party until the early hours of the new year, I know many of you still have family gatherings or a party with your friends and family.
This led me to post this delicious recipe – colourful and fun DELICIOUS cupcakes that are child friendly (i.e. no alcohol!), that will also look good on the night! We all love a bit of funfetti right?! Just look at them, how can you not!
The cupcakes themselves are based around my easy vanilla cupcakes recipe which I posted a few months ago – many of you (including myself) have it as your staple vanilla cupcake recipe and that makes me so so happy!
However – if you want a little more show, colour and fun, these will look amazing and fit the bill perfectly for any occasion! I will say now, the sprinkles in the UK can absolutely suck sometimes so you cannot just use any sprinkles.
Some sprinkles, mainly ones available from the supermarket are just a bit useless – they will melt into the sponge and turn green. I use either these sprinkles from Iced Jems which are so easy to get hold of these days or these bright sprinkles.
If you are in other countries, you probably won’t have a problem – but I will say, please check the sprinkles you do use as some are not suitable for selling within food in the UK due to food laws. I know this sounds bizarre, but honestly – please check.
The cupcakes are super easy to bake, and are basically foolproof! I put in about 100g of sprinkles so that there are enough to make the cakes super bright and fun! You can use more or less if you wish, but too many more and you may struggle.
I chose to use a simple vanilla buttercream frosting for the cupcakes as the main focus is the sprinkles and funfetti part of the bake, but that is up to you! My favourite vanilla flavouring is this one (never use essence, only extract, bean paste or pods etc!) – or you can use another flavouring such as lemon or orange for example.
I used some simple white muffin cases for the cupcakes (I find cupcake sizes are too small?!) but used my favourite piping tip as always to decorate – along with my favourite large piping bags. You can of course use whatever piping tip or bags you fancy – it’s all about doing what you want!!
These cupcakes are fun, family friendly, and make the perfect colourful cakey treat for any party! Have fun! Jane x
Funfetti Cupcakes!
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Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 150 g caster sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 150 g self raising flour
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g brightly coloured sprinkles
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 200 g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 400 g icing sugar
- 1-3 tbsp whole milk/boiling water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Decoraton
- sprinkles
Instructions
Cupcakes
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Preheat your oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan and line a 12 hole muffin tray with large cupcake cases/muffin cases.
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Cream together the unsalted butter and caster sugar with an electric beater until smooth.
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Add in the eggs, self raising flour and vanilla extract and beat again for about about 20-30 seconds on a medium speed – it really doesn’t take too long, you don’t want to overheat it!
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Fold through the sprinkles and make sure they’re evenly dispersed.
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Spoon into your cases and bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes or until cooked through! Then, leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
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Beat the softened unsalted butter until smooth – this can take a couple of minutes.
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Add in the icing sugar 1/3 at a time, making sure the sugar is fully incorporated until moving on. I use my KitchenAid for frostings as the machine can make it so much lighter and fluffier – but you don’t have to!
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Once all of the icing sugar is in the frosting mix, keep on beating the frosting but add the vanilla extract and the whole milk 1 tbsp at a time until you reach your desired consistency, I usually use about 3 spoonfuls!
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Decorate your cupcakes how you like (I use lots and lots of sprinkles), and ENJOY!
Notes
- As mentioned in the recipe, you need to use BRIGHT sprinkles – if you don’t the sprinkles will fade and won’t be shown in the cupcake, or the sponges will just turn and odd colour!
- These cupcakes will last in an airtight container for 2-3 days, or you can freeze them for up to 3 months!
- I use this Muffin Tin
- I use this Vanilla extract
- I use this 5cm scoop for portioning my mix into my baking cups
- I get my baking cups from here – Iced Jems
- I recommend these funfetti sprinkles!
ENJOY!
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