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Green Velvet Cupcakes
These Green Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and cute shamrocks toppers are perfect for celebrating St Patrick's day!
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American, Irish
Keyword
Green Velvet Cupcakes, Shamrock cupcakes, St Patrick's Day Cupcakes
Prep Time
35
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
55
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
Calories
333
kcal
Author
Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
1 ¼
cups
all-purpose flour
½
teaspoon
baking soda
½
teaspoon
salt
½
teaspoon
high-quality cocoa powder
¾
cup
granulated sugar
¾
cup
vegetable oil
½
cup
milk
1
egg
room temperature
1
teaspoon
white vinegar
½
teaspoon
green gel food coloring
For the cream cheese frosting:
¼
cup
unsalted butter
softened (½ stick)
4
ounces
cream cheese
softened
2
cups
confectioners’ sugar
(powdered sugar)
½
teaspoon
vanilla extract
To decorate:
3-4
oz.
green rolling fondant
¼
cup
golden and white pearl sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners. Set aside.
In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder.
In a separate bowl, cream together sugar and oil.
Add milk and egg and stir.
Add white vinegar and mix. Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
Once batter is formed, add gel food coloring. Mix thoroughly until batter is smooth and food coloring is evenly distributed..
Fill lined muffin tin until each section is filled about ⅔ of the way.
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack before decorating.
To make the frosting
, beat all ingredients in a large bowl using an electric mixer. Star on low speed and gradually increase to high.
Once ingredients are well-combined, smooth, fluffy and form semi-stiff peaks, the frosting is ready.
Scoop into a piping bag with a star tip (Wilton tip #21 works great!) and frost each cupcake.
Shape the green fondant into St. Patrick’s clovers. To make one, roll out 6 spheres, about half of an inch thick.
Take two spheres and press them together, giving them a point on one end. This will create a heart shape. Repeat for the other 2 pairs of spheres.
Press the three fondant hearts together, with one in the center and the other two on the side, slightly angled.
Repeat 11 more times to have enough for the dozen cupcakes.
Arrange a clover on each cupcake. Garnish the cupcake with pearl sprinkles. Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories:
333
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
48
g
|
Protein:
2
g
|
Fat:
16
g
|
Saturated Fat:
12
g
|
Cholesterol:
15
mg
|
Sodium:
166
mg
|
Potassium:
32
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
37
g
|
Vitamin A:
36
IU
|
Calcium:
17
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg