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Amanda's Homemade White Cake Mix with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Amanda's Homemade White Cake Mix with Cream Cheese Frosting

Amanda's Homemade White Cake Mix with Cream Cheese Frosting makes the best mini cupcakes! Enjoy these bite-sized desserts with adorable baby blue frosting.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
32 mins
Servings: 24 -36 mini cupcakes
Calories: 542 kcal
Course: Cake
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE MIX:
  • 2-3/4 c. flour
  • 1-3/4 c. sugar super fine
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • ¾ c. butter at room temperature, unsalted
  • 5 egg white
  • 1 c. milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • ½ tsp. almond extract
  • FOR THE FROSTING:
  • 8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
  • ½ c. butter at room temperature, unsalted
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 c. powdered sugar sifted
  • Blue Food coloring
  • nonpareils small, white
  • sugar pearls blue

Instructions

FOR THE CAKE:
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  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Fill mini cupcake cups 2/3 full. The silicone mini cupcake pans that I used have a larger cupcake area than my metal mini cupcake pans, and I made some of each. The baking time varied quite a bit, with the larger ones taking 20 minutes and the smaller ones taking 12 minutes to bake.  Just be careful to not overbake, or they will lose their delicious moistness. Keep an eye on them and bake just until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool a minute or so in the pans and then remove to a rack to cool completely.
FOR THE FROSTING:
  1. Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy, Add the vanilla and beat just to combine.
  2. Slowly add the sifted powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Add food coloring, a bit at a time, until you reach your desired color.
  3. Using a pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tip (I use Wilton No. 12), pipe frosting on each cupcake. Immediately finish by sprinkling with small white nonpareils and blue sugar pearls.

Notes

  • for the cake:  Source:  i am baker‘s Homemade Cake Mix, adapted with instructions for how I made the mini cupcakes. For Amanda’s full tutorial on storing this recipe as a cake mix (how cool is that?!), and for instructions on baking this in round cake pans, please see her original post titled “Homemade Cake Mix”.
  • for the frosting: a farmgirl's dabbles

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 542kcal (27%) Carbohydrates 110g (37%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 9g (14%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g (18%) Cholesterol 25mg (8%) Sodium 114mg (5%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 78g (156%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24 -36 mini cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 542

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 542kcal 27%
Carbohydrates 110g 37%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 9g 14%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Cholesterol 25mg 8%
Sodium 114mg 5%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 78g 156%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.