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Easy Pink Vanilla Cupcakes
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Easy Pink Vanilla Cupcakes

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Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: vanilla cupcake, homemade cupcake
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 250kcal

Ingredients

For the Cupcake

  • 2 Cups all purpose flour
  • 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp Kosher salt
  • 4 large egg whites at room temp
  • Cup milk
  • 6 Tbs unsalted sweet cream butter at room temp.
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp pure almond extract
  • 3 drops Neon Red food coloring

For the Icing

  • 2 sticks of butter at room temp
  • 1 8 oz block of cream cheese at room temp
  • 4 cups of powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp pure almond extract
  • 4 drops red and 2 drops blue food coloring

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 and place cupcake liners in cupcake pan.
  • In the bowl of your KitchenAid mixer (or other mixer - or in a large bowl if you will be using a hand mixer), mix together on low speed the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  • Add in one ingredient at a time, mixing between the egg whites, milk, butter, extracts and red food coloring. Mix on a low speed until everything is mixed well then turn to high and mix for another minute.
  • Fill cupcake cup ¾ full - evenly divided. Will make about 12 cupcakes.
  • Bake for 18-22 minutes until cake tester or toothpick comes out clean. As SOON as it comes out clean, remove from the oven and allow to rest for 2 minutes before removing from the cupcake tin. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Allow to cool completely before applying the icing.
  • For the icing
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and almond extract.
  • If batter is too yellow for your liking, in a separate cup, mix the drops of food coloring together and stir with a toothpick. Dip the end of the toothpick in the food coloring mixture and dot it into the icing. Mix well on medium speed for 30 secs after each addition of the food coloring. When icing appears white stop adding. For mine it took about 6 dips of food coloring. Do not add too much and do not add the drops directly to the icing - otherwise, you will end up with violet colored icing.

Notes

If you prefer a white cupcake just leave the coloring out. 

Nutrition

Calories: 250kcal