The Story:
I almost didn’t write a post today for today!
“School too busy?” you ask. No.
“Did I get sick?” No.
“Boy problems?” Always…but no.
Taylor Swift is to blame for this one. Her and her new song “22″ has been my anthem for the last 24 hours and I have listened to it probably 30 times today (no joke). So I have just been here dancing in my room for the last (insert an OBSCENE amount of time here… then times it by 2) dancing to the song with a bottle of sprinkles as my pretend microphone.
I have never been happier to be 22, thanks Tay! This cupcakes for you!
Ingredients
Yellow Sprinkle Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix
1/3 C. oil
3 eggs
2/3 C. buttermilk
2/3 C. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 C. multi-colored sprinkles
Cake Batter Frosting:
1/2 C. butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4-1/3 C. yellow cake mix (dry)
3-4 C. powdered sugar
Extra Sprinkles to Decorate
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
2. Sift cake mix into a small bowl and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine oil, eggs, buttermilk, sour cream and vanilla extract.
4. Stir in cake mix until smooth.
5. Gently fold in sprinkles. Depending on the type you use, the dye from the sprinkles may start to come off in the batter, so don't stir too much :)
6. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 17-22 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
7. Cake Batter Frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add milk and vanilla extract. Add 1/4 C. of yellow cake mix and beat again. Slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency. Taste, and add more yellow cake mix to get a stronger flavor.
8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with more sprinkles!
9. Go listen to Taylor Swift's "22" and dance and eat your cupcakes!
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Never enough sprinkles! Love these
Extra sprinkles are mandatory! These cupcakes look phenom
These look FAB!
Do you take 1/4 cup of the cake mix for the frosting out of it before mixing it for the cupcakes, or do you have to buy another cake mix for the frosting?
Take it from another box. I know, sort of a pain, but I flavor a lot of stuff with the dry yellow cake mix, so it works out! You can add it to rice crispy treats even, check out my Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treat Recipe!
Hey Lizzy… I am gonna have to try this one. When is your book going to be available…I am so anxious to
get it!
Not until Spring! But yes, I brought these to a party the other night and they were a HUGE hit. I even put the frosting on some chocolate cupcakes and they were wonderful!
Where do you buy your mass supply of cupcake liners? I make ATON of cupcakes and the store bought ones are just to expensive!
I get mine online is stacks of 500!
If you have a Cash N Carry near you. The liners are sold there by the 500 as well.
Yes, that’s where I go to get my white ones in Portland
Would a regular buttercream work instead of cream cheese?
Of course!
so its my birthday on thursday and i was trying to find a cupcake recipe to make and im so glad i found these! traditional birthday cupckaes!!!!(: thanks!(:
Of you do a regular buttercream I suggest sifting the dry cake batter a few times. It made the buttercream somewhat gritty without the creme cheese. The cake was fabulous though, I did add 1/2tsp Vanilla and 1/2tsp butter flavor.
Make sure you really beat in the cake mix to the butter. It will dissolve into it. Butter flavor, mmmm…
I didn’t know that it is okay to eat raw cake batter mix (in the frosting). Simply just curious, I would like to know it is safe to eat raw cake batter, and I know sometimes you like using yellow cake mix for flavoring
It’s not raw cake batter, its just the powder. So it is safe to eat because there aren’t eggs or anything
if wou were to make chocolate cupcakes, could you use this frosting recipe with chocolate cake mix instead of yellow?
Yes, but you might just want to add straight cocoa then.
Alright, my 5 yr old is smitten by these cupcakes. So, I am making them for his birthday tomorrow. I am loving the fact that I can just have him browse and pick what he wants. You are a life saver! I really wished he would have chosen the chocolate mascarpone cupcakes though. I need some of those ASAP!
Xo, Raina
Oh good! These Cake Batter Cupcakes really are a PERFECT birthday cupcake! You can make the Mascarpone cupcakes for yourself and share them with no one
Do you think you could use this type of frosting on a sugar cookie the frosting on a sugar cookie seem to sweet was trying to find something that wasn’t so sweet I love your frosting they taste so much better than the reg butter cream frosting on cakes thanks for terrific recipes . Lisa:)
Yes, that would be SO good on a sugar cookie!
Hello, I’m in absolute love with your page! I want to bake every single cupcake I see! lol
I have decided to give this sprinkle, cakes a try, and wanted to ask what tip# did you used to
Pipe the frosting on these cupcakes? And do you have a tutorial on how to pipe them like you do?
I mean they look Devine each one of them!
Thank you so much ^_^
Search Your Cup of Cake on yourtube and you can see a few tips! I used a Wilton 2D tip!
How do you fill your cupcake tins so evenly? Some of mine are too full or too small. Is there a trick?
I use food scoops. Mine is a 2 oz scoop and you can find them at some specialty stores but also places like Michael’s, Target and Walmarts are starting to carry them too!
I made 6 dozen of these for a work event over the weekend and were a HUGE HIT today! This is easily the most delicious frosting I’ve ever made, and they turned out so adorable.
Thank you so much for the wonderful, easy-to-follow recipe!
Hi!! I know you said it is fine to intermix milks (buttermilk is best
) in the batters. Is that true for the buttercreams as well?? Thanks. I’m going to use buttermilk in the frosting as we don’t have milk in the house.
Umm… buttermilk is a tad sour. So if you don’t mind the frosting getting a little kick of sour then it’s fine. You use so little that it should be okay
Lizzy, mine did not turn out like yours at all…
help!
email me and tell me what happened
These look so good! I am going to look up that song right now.
Thank you.