Almond Buttercream Cupcakes
White fluffy cake with creamy icing that always make me think of traditional wedding cake. Yes, this recipe starts with a box cake mix, but it becomes something delicious. See notes below for filling ideas and other ways to make these tasty treats into something special
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 Duncan Hines white cake mix
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 egg whites
Buttercream Frosting
- 5-6 cups powdered sugar
- 2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 2-4 tbsp cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line cupcake pans with liners. You'll have about 30 cupcakes
- Combine cake mix, flour, sugar and salt in large mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mix on low speed until combined--about 4 minutes.
- Pour into prepared pans and bake for 20-22 minutes, or until toothpick, inserted into center, comes out clean. Cool in pans for 5 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack until completely cool.
- When cool, pipe in filling, if using, then frost with buttercream icing. Decorate with jimmies, sprinkles, flowers, etc.
Notes
- I love how versatile these cupcakes can be. They're great just simply frosted or with a tasty filling added. Some ideas:
- Add a 1/4 cup of raspberry preserves to a cup of the frosting and blend to create a raspberry cream filling. Using a small tip and piping bag, pipe directly into top of cooled cupcake. Don't worry about the hole--you'll cover that when you frost.
- Apricot preserves are another great filling, or simply use the buttercream frosting, tinted with food coloring to create a surprise color inside.
- For the sprinkle lovers, mix multi color jimmies into the batter before baking. Frost with buttercream and add more sprinkles to the top.
- You can get very creative and pipe frosting roses onto the top, or add edible flowers as garnish. These cupcakes are a simple tasty palette for whatever your imagination wants to create.