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Mardi Gras Cupcakes

 
One serving costs about $1.12

$1.12 per serving

6 people like this recipe

6 likes

This recipe is ready in 45 minutes

Ready in 45 minutes

14 dessert American
spoonacular Score:14%

Spoonacular Score: 14%

 

Mardi Gras Cupcakes requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 511 calories. For $1.12 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 14. 6 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. A mixture of powdered sugar, cake flour, oil olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is a budget friendly recipe for fans of American food. It is brought to you by Foodista. Overall, this recipe earns a not so amazing spoonacular score of 12%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Mardi Gras Cupcakes, Mardi Gras Cupcakes, and Mardi Gras King Cupcakes.

Cream Sherry, Port Wine, and Moscato d'Asti are great choices for Cupcakes. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "

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Ingredients

Servings:
1 tsp
1 tsp baking powder
baking powder
2 tsps
2 tsps baking soda
baking soda
0.5 cup
0.5 cup buttermilk
buttermilk
1.25 cups
1.25 cups cake flour
cake flour
1 tsp
1 tsp malibu coconut rum
malibu coconut rum
2
2  eggs
eggs
some
some purple gel food coloring
purple gel food coloring
some
some green gel food coloring
green gel food coloring
some
some yellow gel food coloring
yellow gel food coloring
0.5 cup
0.5 cup oil olive oil
oil olive oil
5 cups
5 cups powdered sugar
powdered sugar
some
some salt
salt
0.75 cup
0.75 cup sugar
sugar
2 cups
2 cups unsalted butter
unsalted butter
1 tsp
1 tsp vanilla extract
vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp
baking powder
2 tsps baking soda
2 tsps
baking soda
0.5 cup buttermilk
0.5 cup
buttermilk
1.25 cups cake flour
1.25 cups
cake flour
1 tsp malibu coconut rum
1 tsp
malibu coconut rum
2  eggs
2
eggs
some purple gel food coloring
some
purple gel food coloring
some green gel food coloring
some
green gel food coloring
some yellow gel food coloring
some
yellow gel food coloring
0.5 cup oil olive oil
0.5 cup
oil olive oil
5 cups powdered sugar
5 cups
powdered sugar
some salt
some
salt
0.75 cup sugar
0.75 cup
sugar
2 cups unsalted butter
2 cups
unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp
vanilla extract

Equipment

hand mixer
hand mixer
stand mixer
stand mixer
oven
oven
bowl
bowl
whisk
whisk
hand mixer
hand mixer
stand mixer
stand mixer
oven
oven
bowl
bowl
whisk
whisk


Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a medium bowl, add cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir together with whisk, and set aside.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, add eggs, sugar, vanilla, rum, and oil; beat on medium speed for about 30 seconds. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add about half of the flour mixture. Add half of the buttermilk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the buttermilk; beat until combined.
  4. Separate batter into bowls and color with gel food coloring in yellow, purple, and green. Pour a little of each batter into lined cupcake. Fill liners a little over half full. Bake cupcakes 12-14 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.
  5. For Frosting
  6. Using the paddle attachment of your stand mixer, whip the butter on medium-high speed for 2 minutes till butter is soft and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the vanilla, mix well. Whip at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed. To color frosting just whip with purple, yellow, and green gel food coloring individually.
  7. To swirl the frosting, simply put each color of frosting on each side of bag and pipe. I used a 1M tip from Wilton.

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Price Breakdown

Cost per Serving: $1.12
Ingredient
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ cups buttermilk
1.25 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon malibu coconut rum
2 eggs
some purple gel food coloring
some green gel food coloring
some yellow gel food coloring
½ cups oil olive oil
5 cups powdered sugar
¾ cups sugar
2 cups unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Price
$0.03
$0.01
$0.24
$0.61
$0.16
$0.48
$2.19
$2.19
$2.19
$1.29
$1.93
$0.21
$3.89
$0.30
$15.74

Nutritional Information

Quickview
510 Calories
2g Protein
28g Total Fat
62g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
510k
26%

Fat
28g
45%

  Saturated Fat
17g
108%

Carbohydrates
62g
21%

  Sugar
53g
59%

Cholesterol
94mg
31%

Sodium
403mg
18%

Alcohol
0.22g
1%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Vitamin A
858IU
17%

Selenium
7µg
10%

Vitamin E
1mg
7%

Vitamin D
0.72µg
5%

Manganese
0.1mg
5%

Phosphorus
44mg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.07mg
4%

Calcium
40mg
4%

Vitamin K
3µg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.15µg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.21mg
2%

Folate
8µg
2%

Copper
0.04mg
2%

Zinc
0.24mg
2%

Iron
0.29mg
2%

Magnesium
5mg
1%

Potassium
40mg
1%

Vitamin B1
0.02mg
1%

Fiber
0.27g
1%

covered percent of daily need

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