Disney FROZEN fans will love FROZEN Hidden Snowflake Cupcakes. Each vanilla cupcake with blue colored vanilla buttercream frosting has a hidden blue velvet snowflake baked inside.
My daughter loves watching Disney’s FROZEN. It’s our go to movie to watch after playing outside on snow days. Of course, we always enjoy a snack or treat during the movie. I wanted to make a FROZEN inspired dessert for our movie night. So I decided to make FROZEN Hidden Snowflake Cupcakes. Each vanilla cupcake has a hidden blue velvet snowflake baked inside. The cupcakes are covered in blue colored vanilla buttercream frosting. Then decorated with a large snowflake and white ball sprinkles. FROZEN fans will love these Hidden Snowflake Cupcakes.
FROZEN Hidden Snowflake Cupcakes
Author: Sugar, Spice and Family Life
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
Snowflake
- Pre-made blue velvet cake
- Snowflake cutter
Vanilla Cupcakes
- 2½ cup flour
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 1½ cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 Tbs. milk
- Blue coloring
Decoration
- Snowflake sprinkles
- White round sprinkles
Instructions
Snowflake
- Using a snowflake cookie cutter, cut out 30 snowflakes out of the pre-made blue velvet cake. Set aside.
Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two muffin pans with paper liners.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add in one egg at a time, beating after each addition and then mix in the vanilla. Gradually mix in the flour mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Pour the batter into each cupcake liner until the bottoms are covered. Place a snowflake into each cupcake liner and fill with batter until ¾ full.
- Bake for 18 minutes, or until done. Allow to cool for 5 minutes and remove from the pan onto a wired rack.
Buttercream Frosting
- In a large bowl, cream the butter.
- Gradually beat in the powdered sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla extract. Add in blue coloring. Beat until fluffy.
Decoration
- Pipe or spread frosting onto each cooled cupcake.
- Place snowflake sprinkle and white sprinkles on top of each frosted cupcake.
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