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Pink Confetti Cupcakes

The Story:

A few weeks ago I made cupcake for Pink Ballerina Party. Let’s just say, this 5-year-old girl was the cutest thing I had ever seen. When she saw the cupcakes she exclaimed “PRETTY!” And attacked me with a hug. Precious.

So obviously, her cupcakes needed to be all pink.

Pink Confetti Cupcakes

Yield: 30 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cake:

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 egg whites

3/4 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup pink jimmies

Strawberry Buttercream:

1/2 cup butter, softened

8 oz cream cheese, softened

3 tablespoons strawberry puree

1 tablespoon strawberry gelatin

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4-5 cups powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.

2. Beat butter and sugar for 3 minutes, scrape bowl as needed.

3. Add egg whites one at a time on low until fully incorporated.

4. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.

5. Alternate adding buttermilk and the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture.

6. Mix in sour cream.

7. Fold in jimmies and fill liners 3/4 full.

8. Bake for 16-22 minutes, or until and inserted knife comes out clean.

9. Buttercream: Beat butter and cream cheese. Add strawberry puree, gelatin and vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.

10. Pipe buttercream onto cooled cupcakes.

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