Mini Cupcakes: Three Ways
Mini cupcakes are the cutest little things ever! One-bite dessert treats are perfect for just about any occasion. What's cool about this recipe is instead of making a huge amount of one flavor, you can make three! How awesome is that? This recipe makes cookies n' cream, strawberry, and vanilla cupcakes YAY!
Ingredients
- 1¾ cup All purpose Flour sifted
- 1½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ cup Unsalted butter softened
- 2 Large eggs room temperature
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- ¾ cup Whole milk
- ⅓ cup Sour cream
Vanilla Mini Cupcakes
- 1 tsp Vanilla bean paste
Cookies n' Cream Mini Cupcakes
- ⅓ cup Oreo's crushed
- 16 Mini Oreo's
Strawberry Mini Cupcakes
- ½ tsp Strawberry extract
- 2 tsp Strawberry preserves
- ⅓ tsp Freeze-dried strawberries crushed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a mini cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- Sift into a bowl the all purpose flour, kosher salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the unsalted butter and sugar. Continue to mix until fluffy and pale (approx. 2 minutes). Next add in the eggs, one at a time. Scrape the bottom of the bowl to make sure all the ingredients are combined.
- In a measuring cup add the whole milk, vanilla extract, and sour cream. Mix well.
- Alternate between adding the dry ingredients and wet ingredients into the bowl of the stand mixer. Continue this process until all ingredients are added. Next divide the cupcake batter evenly into (3) bowls, approximately .58 cups.
For the Vanilla Mini Cupcakes:
- Fold in the vanilla bean paste into the vanilla cupcake batter. Mix well. Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full with the vanilla batter. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
For the Strawberry Mini Cupcakes:
- Fold in the strawberry preserves, strawberry extract, and crushed freeze-dried strawberries into the cupcake batter. Mix well. Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full with the strawberry batter. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
For the Cookies n' Cream Mini Cupcakes:
- Fold the crushed Oreo's into the cupcake batter. Mix well. Add one minature Oreo into the cupcake liner then fill the paper liner 2/3 full with the cookies n' cream batter. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.