Amanda's Homemade White Cake Mix with Cream Cheese Frosting

Amanda's Homemade White Cake Mix with Cream Cheese Frosting

5 Stars (1 Review)

Yield: 24 -36 mini cupcakes

prep time: 20

cook time: 12

total time: 32

Amanda's Homemade White Cake Mix with Cream Cheese Frosting makes the best mini cupcakes! Enjoy these bite-sized desserts with adorable baby blue frosting.

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE MIX:
2-3/4 c. flour
1-3/4 c. super fine sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
¾ tsp. salt
¾ c. unsalted butter at room temperature
5 egg whites
1 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. almond extract
FOR THE FROSTING:
8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
½ c. unsalted butter at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. powdered sugar sifted
blue food coloring
small white nonpareils
blue sugar pearls

Instructions

FOR THE CAKE:

Preheat oven to 350°.
Fill mini cupcake cups 2/3 full. The silicone mini cupcake pans that I used have a larger cupcake area than my metal mini cupcake pans, and I made some of each. The baking time varied quite a bit, with the larger ones taking 20 minutes and the smaller ones taking 12 minutes to bake. Just be careful to not overbake, or they will lose their delicious moistness. Keep an eye on them and bake just until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool a minute or so in the pans and then remove to a rack to cool completely.

FOR THE FROSTING:

Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy, Add the vanilla and beat just to combine.
Slowly add the sifted powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Add food coloring, a bit at a time, until you reach your desired color.
Using a pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tip (I use Wilton No. 12), pipe frosting on each cupcake. Immediately finish by sprinkling with small white nonpareils and blue sugar pearls.

Notes

for the cake: Source: i am baker‘s Homemade Cake Mix, adapted with instructions for how I made the mini cupcakes. For Amanda’s full tutorial on storing this recipe as a cake mix (how cool is that?!), and for instructions on baking this in round cake pans, please see her original post titled “Homemade Cake Mix”.

for the frosting: a farmgirl's dabbles

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 1 Calories: 542kcal Carbohydrates: 110g Protein: 6g Fat: 9g Saturated Fat: 5g Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 25mg Sodium: 114mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 78g

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