Valentine’s Day Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting – Valentine’s Day Cupcakes
Ingredients
Muffin batter
- 40ml oil
- 100ml buttermilk
- 1 egg, S size
- 125g flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 50g sugar
- red food coloring
- ½ tsp lemon zest
Topping
- 100g butter , at room temperature
- 100 g icing sugar
- 100 g double cream cheese, at room temperature
- sugar sprinkles, e.g. hearts
Utensils
- Muffin tin
- Paper liners
- Mixing bowl
- Hand mixer
- Spoon
- Whisk
- Piping bag
Instructions
Dough
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Line 6 muffin tins with paper cups.
- Mix the oil with buttermilk and egg.
- Stir in the lemon zest.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar.
- The flour-sugar- Stir the mixture into the oil mixture.
- Color the batter as desired.
- Fill 6 muffin cups with the batter.
- Bake the muffins in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Let the pastry cool down.
Topping
- Butter mix and add icing sugar, stir until creamy.
- Stir in the cream cheese in portions with a whisk.
- Color the cream cheese frosting as desired.
- Pour the cream into a piping bag with a star tip and pipe onto the cupcakes.
- The cupcakes with candy hearts or other sprinkles.
- Sprinkle with coconut flakes if desired.
- Chill the cupcakes until ready to serve and enjoy for Valentine’s Day.
