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Watermelon Cupcake Recipe
This Grandma Is Fun
There will definitely be no spitting out the seeds with this Watermelon Cupcake Recipe. They will be gobbled up fast - no contest!
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Course
Dessert
Ingredients
Cupcakes
6
tbsp
softened
2/3
cup
sugar
3
egg whites
1/2
cup
sour cream
1
tsp
vanilla extract
1
cup
+ 2 tbsp all purpose flour
1
& 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4
tsp
salt
Green food coloring
Buttercream Frosting
2
sticks of butter
unsalted at room temperature
1/2
cup
vegetable shortening
3-4
cups
powdered sugar
1/2
tsp
of powdered watermelon koolaid mix
Red food coloring
Mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 375º F.
Line muffin pan with cupcake liners of your choice. We chose green.
Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add in the egg whites. Beat well
Put in the sour cream and vanilla extract then fold into the butter and sugar mixture.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and gently mix to incorporate.
Add half of the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Mix well
Add the other half of the flour mixture and mix until you cannot see any dry flour.
Add green food coloring to the color you desire.
Fill your cupcake liners about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
Bake at 375º F for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to 350º. Keep the cupcakes in the oven for another 8-10 minutes.
Remove from oven.
Let cupcakes cool.
Buttercream
Beat the butter and shortening with an electric mixer until smooth.
Add in 2 cups of powdered sugar and beat until you do not see any clumps of sugar.
Add in more powdered sugar, mixing frequently until there are no more lumps and it is a thick consistency.
Add the watermelon Kool-Aid powder and a small amount of red food coloring (until you reach the color you desire) and mix well.
Instructions
Spoon the frostingHow to assemble down into a large piping bag with a tip. We used a 1m piping tip.
Start in the center of the cupcake and swirl out to the sides and then back in to the center of the cupcake, stacking the frosting as you go
Sprinkle some mini chocolate chips on top of the frosting.
Makes 10-12 cupcakes.
Notes
This recipe has been adapted from
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