Watermelon Cupcakes

 


Watermelon Cupcakes

Ingredients

▢½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature

▢¾ cup granulated sugar

▢2 large eggs at room temperature

▢1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

▢½ cup yogurt natural or greek

▢1 ¼ cups all purpose flour

▢1 teaspoon baking powder

▢¼ teaspoon salt

▢green food coloring

Watermelon Buttercream:

▢1 cup unsalted butter softened

▢4-5 cups powdered sugar

▢¼ cup heavy cream or whole milk, or half and half

▢2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

▢3 ounces watermelon Kool-Aid drink mix from a packet, unsweetened

▢¼ teaspoon salt

▢red food coloring

Decoration:

▢¼ cup mini chocolate chips

▢green cupcake liners

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C and line a muffin pan with 12 cupcake liners. Set aside while you make the batter.

In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar at medium speed until lighter in color and smooth. Then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each until it’s well-incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and yogurt, and continue to mix until incorporated. Set the bowl of wet ingredients aside.

In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

Pour about one-third of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until combined using the electric mixer. Then add the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix just until everything is combined.

Tint the cake batter with lime green food coloring, adding a drop at a time until you get the color you want.

Fill the cupcake liners halfway to ⅔ full with batter. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Allow to rest and cool completely before decorating.

Make a watermelon buttercream cupcake frosting by creaming butter in a large bowl. Slowly add the powdered sugar and Kool-Aid powder and beat until smooth. Add the salt, vanilla, and heavy cream, and continue blending to get a smooth frosting. Add additional cream if needed to get the right consistency for piping. If you want more color, add red food coloring and mix until the frosting is the desired shade.

Add the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Swirl the frosting over the cupcakes and decorate with mini chocolate chips to look like watermelon seeds.

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