Photo: Nostalgic Popping Candy Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 extra-large whole eggs
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup buttermilk, shaken
- Popping Candy Buttercream, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line mini cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, and then stir in the vanilla extract. Stir in the vegetable oil. Fold in the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
Fill the cupcake liners about three-quarters full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely, and then frost with Popping Candy Buttercream and enjoy!
- This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
Popping Candy Buttercream:
- 8 tablespoons unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar, well sifted
- 1 to 3 teaspoons cream, as needed
- Popping candy, for garnish (recommended: Pop Rocks)
Beat together the butter and vanilla extract until smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, adjusting for taste. Beat in the cream, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the frosting is too thick. Frost the cupcakes with the buttercream, and then sprinkle 1 to 2 teaspoons popping candy per cupcake.
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By Mammina
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on July 12, 2011
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IMPORTANT: ******I was just on The Cupcake Princess website and 1/2 cup of sour cream has been omitted from ALL of the bakers cupcake recipes*****
By theverybest
stoughton, MA
on March 15, 2011
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These cupcakes collapsed as I took them out of the oven. I followed the recipe exactly. What did I do wrong?
By Sweeties Cupcakes
on January 23, 2011
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These cupcakes were delicious!!!!!!!!!!!! They were really moist, but make sure you beat the butter and powdered sugar very very very well or else the icing will be so overpoweringly sweet.
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