Lavender Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Lavender Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Description
These Lavender Cupcakes blend cake flour with baking powder and salt, creamed butter and sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla along with a touch of lavender extract for subtle floral notes. Milk is added to create a moist batter that bakes in lined cupcake tins until the tops are set and lightly golden. Cooling completely is important before frosting.
The cream cheese frosting is prepared by beating cream cheese and butter until creamy, then adding powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. This frosting provides a tangy, rich complement to the lightly floral cupcakes.
Once frosted, the cupcakes are decorated with fresh lavender springs or flowers to enhance the floral theme visually and add a fresh hint of lavender scent. The combination of soft vanilla-lavender cake and creamy frosting balances delicate flavors and textures, offering a refined yet approachable dessert suitable for tea or dessert occasions.
Ingredients
lavender cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature, unsalted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg large plus 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lavender extract
- 1/2 cup milk whole
cream cheese frosting
- 2 cream cheese 8-ounce blocks
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- fresh non treated lavender springs or flowers for topping
Instructions
lavender cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Fill a cupcake tin with liners.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set it aside.
- Add the butter to the bowl of an electric mixer and beat it until creamy. Add the sugar and beat with the butter on high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the egg and egg white, mixing well on medium speed until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed. Add in the oil, vanilla and lavender extracts, beating on medium speed for another minute. With the mixer on low speed, add in half of the dry ingredients. Pour in the milk. Add in the other half of the dry ingredients and mix them on medium speed until the batter is combined.
- Fill each liner about 2/3 of the way full. Bake until the tops are set, about 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.
cream cheese frosting
- Beat the cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Beat in the sugar until combined. Beat in the vanilla extract. Frost the cooled cupcakes! Before serving, top with fresh lavender springs or flowers. If desired, you can add a drop of food coloring in (pink or purple) to color the frosting!
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