BeautyFrosting’s Signature Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
Date posted: July 20, 2012 | By: Dawn Hi beauties!
This is the perfect pink cupcake, with a cherry on top, for you or your little princesses.
My lifelong obsession with cherries and pink started at a young age. I always used to beg my Mom to make me a pink cake for my birthday. She always made her signature strawberry cake and it was the most delicious!
But I always wondered what a pink cherry cake would be like.
Now, because of my Mom and Nanny, I love baking. This, we know.
Know what I love even more?
Coming up with fast, easy and adaptable recipes that can help you be efficient while baking delish treats for the ones you love.
In this case, I was spinning around trying to prepare for my BeautyFrosting debut party last Sunday. I knew I wanted to make my signature Princess Cherry Vanilla cupcakes but it was already 1 am! Yikes! I was running out of time. This is when I love that I keep oodles of cake mixes on hand as a staple ingredient.
So, I gave myself a little breathing room by relying on a cake mix. Sugar, there’s noooo shame in that.
How did they turn out?
Well, you tell me:
BeautyFrosting’s Signature Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes
Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350.
1 1/4 c. Warm Water
1/3 c. Vegetable Oil
4 Egg Whites
1 box White cake mix of choice
1 jar Maraschino Cherries (10 oz.)
Drain cherries saving juice for frosting.
Take drained cherries and chop into little juicy bits using a chopper or food processor.
Mix: water, oil and egg whites (one at a time).
Add in cake mix and mix until smooth.
Add in chopped cherry bits and mix until well-distributed.
Bake at 350 for 17-22 minutes.
Let cool before frosting.
Frosting:
1 c. Unsalted Butter
1 c Butter-Flavored Crisco
8 c. Powdered Confectioners Sugar
5 tbsp. Heavy Whipping Cream
1 Tbsp. Clear Vanilla
Maraschino Cherry Juice to taste (varies but about 3 tbsp.)
1 drop Pink Food Coloring
Mix butter and Crisco until smooth.
Add confectioners sugar, a few cups at a time.
Add in vanilla and cream.
Mix with hand mixer until smooth and creamy-dreamy!
Lastly, add the cherry juice sparingly. If frosting is not pink enough for your party guests, add in pink food coloring.
Frost cupcakes and top with a cherry!
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