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Easy Homemade Butter Yellow Cupcakes With Chocolate Frosting and Sprinkles on White Background
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Easy Yellow Cupcakes

Easy yellow cupcakes recipe (butter cupcakes), with chocolate buttercream frosting. They are super fluffy, soft, moist and homemade with simple ingredients.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24 Cupcakes
Calories: 329kcal
Author: Abeer Rizvi

Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. This takes about 2-4 minutes.
  • Add eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, sour cream, milk, yellow food coloring and mix until combined.
  • Be sure to scrape the sides with a spatula a few times during mixing to allow all the ingredients to blend together properly.
  • In another mixing bowl, whisk together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda.
  • Add this dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix! A few lumps in the batter are completely fine.
  • Be sure to scrape the sides with a spatula at least once during mixing to allow all the ingredients to blend together smoothly.
  • Scoop batter into cupcake liners.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F for about 18-20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center coms out clean.
  • While the cupcakes are baking, prepare the chocolate frosting.
  • Attach a large star tip to a piping bag and fill it with frosting.
  • Once the cupcakes cool completely, pipe swirls of icing on top of each cupcake.
  • Toss some sprinkles on top. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Read all my tips above.
  • Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Unfrosted cupcakes can also be frozen in a sealed container in the freezer for up to 1 month and thawed overnight in the fridge. 
  • If you are planning on making very high frosting swirls on cupcakes, double the chocolate buttercream recipe. 

Nutrition

Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 163mg | Potassium: 155mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 271IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg