Monday, March 4, 2019

The Latest: Cupcake Edition






Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Cookies and Cream Buttercream




Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream



Carrot Cake Cupcake with Cream Cheese Buttercream

I made these cupcakes for a baby shower this weekend. Today I'm talking all about the most important thing when it comes to cupcakes...the frosting.  You can't have a good cupcake without great frosting. In my opinion, the cake is the easy part and the frosting makes or breaks a cupcake.  Lucky for you, today I'm sharing two of my favorite frosting recipes.

The first one is my cookies and cream buttercream.  To be honest, it is always a hit. This recipe generously frosts 12-15 cupcakes (as pictured). If you don't want to use as much frosting per cupcake, it would probably frost closer to 18 (or more).

12 Oreos (crushed)
1-2 tbsp. milk
3 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter (softened)
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix the butter and vanilla first then slowly add the powdered sugar and milk as needed.  Last, stir in the Oreo crumbles. 
FYI- Piping is a little more difficult with this type of frosting because of the cookie chunks.  It won't look quite a perfect/smooth as with other frostings.


The next frosting (that is one of my all-time favorites) is cream cheese buttercream. This recipe frosts about 12-15 cupcakes also, but I used much less frosting on these than the cookies and cream so I don't think you could stretch this recipe to frost any more than that.

1/2 cup butter (softened)
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla then slowly add the powdered sugar. 


I recently started using these reusable piping bags and they are a GAME CHANGER. I used to use the disposable Wilton plastic piping bags (which also work great) but I was sick of running out and having to buy more. However, I was not looking forward to having the clean it each time, but it cleans off so easily and it wasn't a big deal at all. If you are looking for the best piping bag, look no further! They come in different sizes and I got mine from Sur la table. They only have the one size online, but I'm sure you could find all the sizes in the store.

Thanks for stopping by!

XO,
Sarah