Oh Baby! Cupcakes

Name: Oh Baby! Cupcakes
Ingredients: Butter Cake:; 1 cup butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 4 large eggs; 3 cups all-purpose soft-wheat flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; Paper baking cups; Vegetable cooking spray; Vanilla Frosting:; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 3 to 4 tablespoons whipping cream; 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar; Toppings:; Pink and blue food coloring gel; White sprinkles; Candy baby shower decorations

21 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

Butter Cake:
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose soft-wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Paper baking cups
Vegetable cooking spray
Vanilla Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 to 4 tablespoons whipping cream
1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar
Toppings:
Pink and blue food coloring gel
White sprinkles
Candy baby shower decorations

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
2

Place paper baking cups in 2 (12-cup) muffin pans, and coat with cooking spray; spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely.
3

To prepare Vanilla Frosting, beat first 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Beat at high speed 2 minutes or until creamy. Make 3 cups.
4

Divide frosting into two bowls. Using food coloring gels, tint 1 bowl of frosting pale pink and 1 bowl of frosting pale blue, stirring until blended.
5

Frost 12 cupcakes pink and 12 cupcakes blue. Roll edges of cupcakes in white sprinkles. Top with baby shower decorations. (We like onesies, baby faces, and baby booties.)