Best Buttermilk Cupcakes With Two Frostings Recipes

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QUICK AND ALMOST-PROFESSIONAL BUTTERCREAM ICING



Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing image

After failing to find the perfect recipe for buttercream icing, I found one that worked for me and then added my own two cents.

Provided by xoshadyxo

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Buttercream

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 5

½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons milk
3 drops food coloring, or as needed

Steps:

  • Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract.
  • Pour in milk and beat for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Add food coloring, if using, and beat for thirty seconds until smooth or until desired color is reached.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 227.9 calories, Carbohydrate 31.5 g, Cholesterol 30.8 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Protein 0.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.3 g, Sodium 83.7 mg, Sugar 31 g

BUTTERMILK CUPCAKES WITH CHOCOLATE ICING



Buttermilk Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing image

Provided by Patrick and Gina Neely : Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 50m

Yield 12 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 large yolks
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 stick butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together onto a sheet of parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl beat the eggs, yolks and sugar together. Add the melted butter, vanilla and buttermilk to the mixture.
  • Add the dry ingredients gradually into the batter. Mix until smooth. It will appear light and fluffy.
  • Ladle and divide the batter evenly among muffin cups and bake for about 18 minutes, or until a toothpick tester comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before frosting.
  • For the frosting: Beat the butter and cream cheese until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar slowly, while mixing in melted chocolate and vanilla extract.

BUTTERMILK CUPCAKES WITH TWO FROSTINGS



Buttermilk Cupcakes with Two Frostings image

Categories     Cake     Dessert     Bake     Gourmet     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Kosher

Yield Makes 24 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 13

twenty-four 2 1/2-inch paper muffin cup liners
4 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 large eggs
2 cups well-shaken buttermilk
chocolate cream-cheese and lemon cream-cheese frostings
Garnish: India Tree brand sparkling sugar confetti* or other decorative sprinkles
*available at some specialty foods shops and by mail order from Dean & DeLuca, tel. (212) 226-6800, ext. 269

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. and line twenty-four 1/2-cup muffin cups with paper liners.
  • Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and with mixer on low speed beat in buttermilk until just combined. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, beating until just combined after each addition.
  • Divide batter among muffin cups (batter will fill cups) and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of muffin trays halfway through baking, about 22 minutes, or until golden and a tester comes out clean. Cool cupcakes on racks 5 minutes and remove cupcakes from cups. Cupcakes keep in an airtight container at room temperature 2 days.
  • Spread chocolate frosting on half of cupcakes and lemon frosting on remainder and garnish cupcakes with sprinkles .

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