Planning a New Year’s Eve party? Then buy an extra bottle of pink champagne and make some cupcakes! Tattooed Martha decorated these beautiful pink cupcakes with edible sugar pearls but sparkly sprinkles would make them look extra festive. And save the recipe for your next celebration when only a “party” cupcake will do!
Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Champagne Frosting
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup of sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup sour cream
½ cup pink champagne
5-6 drops of red food coloring
Pink Champagne Frosting:
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups of powdered sugar
¼ cup pink champagne
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 drops of red food coloring
Edible sugar pearls or sprinkles
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
(1.) In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
(2.) Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
(3.) In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
(4.) In a THIRD bowl whisk together sour cream, champagne, and red food coloring. It should look a little bit like Pepto-Bismol!
(4.) Slowly add champagne mixture and flour mixture into sugar and eggs.
(5) Distribute batter evenly among cupcake liners and place in the oven.
(6) Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
(7) Place on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Pop cupcakes out of the pan and let them finish cooling on the rack for another 10 minutes.
While waiting on the cupcakes to cool, you can whip up the frosting!
In a large bowl combine all of the frosting ingredients and beat until smooth.
Frost the cupcakes, sprinkle on edible pearls, and enjoy! These can also be stored overnight.
