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Funfetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting

September 13, 2016 by Jessica 13 Comments

My favorite basic fluffy vanilla cupcakes chock full of sprinkles and topped with a creamy cake batter frosting!  Funfetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting - My favorite basic fluffy vanilla cupcakes chock full of sprinkles and topped with a creamy cake batter frosting!

These funfetti cupcakes are my all time favorite go-to vanilla cupcake recipe. They’re essentially a basic vanilla cupcake with a ton of sprinkles thrown in to make them “funfetti.” I’ve tested a what seems like a billion recipes for vanilla cupcakes and they all never really come out the way I’m looking for. They’re either too crumbly, too dry, too dense and thats not what we want. We want light, fluffy, moist (sorry) and tender cupcakes with a bold vanilla flavor and that’s what I’m giving you guys today!

 Funfetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting - My favorite basic fluffy vanilla cupcakes chock full of sprinkles and topped with a creamy cake batter frosting!

These truly bake up perfectly and are just amazing all around.

 Funfetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting - My favorite basic fluffy vanilla cupcakes chock full of sprinkles and topped with a creamy cake batter frosting!

To add a little something different, instead of topping them with a vanilla frosting, I went the extra mile and made it a cake batter frosting! Holy moly, this stuff is good. I could have eaten the frosting by the spoonful. You would think that using cake mix would make the frosting super sweet, but for me, I actually think it balances out the powdered sugar and gives it a really delicious cake batter flavor that’s not overwhelming.

 Funfetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting - My favorite basic fluffy vanilla cupcakes chock full of sprinkles and topped with a creamy cake batter frosting!
These would absolutely be the star of any party!

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Funfetti Cupcakes with Cake Batter Frosting

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

30 minutes

Yield: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients:

Funfetti Cupcakes
1 1/4 cups cake flour*
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
4 tbs unsalted butter, softened
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup whole milk
1 tbs vanilla extract
2-3 tbs sprinkles
Cake Batter Frosting
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup yellow cake mix, I love Duncan Hines Butter Golden
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbs heavy cream

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake tin with paper liners. Set aside.

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add sour cream, egg whites and vanilla and beat until completely incorporated. Slowly add dry ingredients and beat until just combined. Fold in sprinkles by hand with a rubber spatula. Fill cupcake liners no higher than 2/3 full or they may overflow. Bake for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling completely before frosting.

While cupcakes are cooling, prepare frosting. In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth with no lumps. Add cake mix, confectioner's sugar and vanilla and beat until combined. Beat heavy cream one tablespoon at a time until the texture you desire is achieved, about 3 minutes until the frosting is nice and fluffy. Once cupcakes are completely cool, go ahead and frost them.

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Filed Under: Cupcakes & Muffins Tagged With: cake batter, Cupcakes, funfetti, vanilla

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Comments

  1. Katelyn says

    February 13, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    I tried this recipe out and aside from the fact that the cake was a little heavy the cupcakes turned great. I wanted you to know that you listed milk as an ingredient and no where in the direction does it say when to incorporate it, so I ended up not using it. That’s probably why the cake ended up a little heavy. Also, the directions call for the use of the sugar twice and it doesn’t say how to divide the amount sugar between the two steps. Just that you should know! Thanks for the awesome recipe!

    Reply
  2. Rachel says

    August 10, 2017 at 5:56 pm

    Yeah does the sugar get mixed with the flour or beaten with the butter?

    Reply
  3. Stephanie says

    March 22, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    This cupcake recipe doesn’t make a lot of sense as written and needs the edits suggested by others.

    Reply
  4. Sarah says

    January 31, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    Needs editing. This cake was alright.. it’s still heavy with the milk. Maybe less sour cream and more milk? I mixed the sugar with butter not the flour mixture. The frosting is not so bad

    Reply
  5. Sarah says

    January 31, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    Actually for the cake the butter is supposed to be melted not softened. It’s usually the way we make cookies and cakes is oil or melted

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      February 25, 2019 at 10:40 am

      Sarah, for this recipe the butter is NOT melted. It is to be softened. Every recipe is different.

      Reply
  6. Corinne says

    February 5, 2019 at 3:44 pm

    I tried to make this twice and edited it to try and make more sense and both times they just didn’t turn out great. Wouldn’t recommend

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      February 25, 2019 at 10:39 am

      Hi Corinne, the instructions and ingredients are very straight-forward, I am not sure what you are confused about.

      Reply
      • Jamie says

        April 9, 2019 at 10:00 pm

        Hi Jessica! Could this recipe be made into cake?

        Reply
        • Jessica says

          April 19, 2019 at 9:43 pm

          Hi Jamie, I have never tried – but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work! If you try it out let me know.

          Reply
  7. Diane says

    March 18, 2019 at 12:15 pm

    Will you tell me what the frosting is like? Is it like cookie dough frosting or that consistency? Is it fluffy or gritty. I am making it for my grandson and texture is a big thing to him. Otherwise I can just do buttercream frosting.

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      March 22, 2019 at 7:45 am

      It is very thick, creamy and yummy!

      Reply
  8. Jill says

    August 17, 2019 at 10:23 pm

    Cupcakes were very heavy and dense like other comments said. Should have listened to the other reviews. Now I have 24 cupcakes to remake and 24 to throw away. Bummer. I hate to leave a negative comment and feel bad but I don’t want others to waste their time.

    Reply

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