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Unicorn Cupcakes
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Unicorn Cupcakes

Unicorn Cupcakes are the perfect dessert for a birthday party. Transform delicious vanilla cupcakes into a glittery unicorn masterpiece.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 24 Servings
Calories: 360 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Cupcakes:
  • 1 cup butter , softened
  • 2 1/3 cups sugar
  • 5 large egg white
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups milk , warmed for 30 sec in microwave to bring to room temp
  • 3 Food Coloring I used pink, purple, and blue, colors
Frosting:
  • 1 cup butter softened, unsalted
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract if you use normal vanilla it will mute the colors a bit, but will be just as delicious, clear
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 tablespoons milk whole
  • 3 Food Coloring I used pink, purple, and blue (the same colors as the batter, colors
  • edible glitter silver stars

Instructions

Cupcakes:
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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line 2 muffin tins with muffin liners.
  2. In your stand mixer cream the butter and sugar together until much lighter in color, 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add in the egg whites and vanilla until totally combined.
  4. Add the salt and baking powder to the flour.
  5. Add in the dry ingredients and the milk alternating 1 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of milk at a time.
  6. Add two cups of the batter to 3 different bowls.
  7. Color each bowl with your gel food coloring in pink, blue and purple.
  8. Mix until the colors are fully combined.
Your choice here: Spoon or ziploc bags.
  1. Begin layering the colored batters in the prepared muffins tins.
  2. Pipe just enough to make a thin layer of each color (maybe 1/4 inch tall batter layers)
  3. Or, with a small spoon, spoon just under a tablespoon of batter into each cup.
  4. Start with purple, then blue, then pink and repeat a second time.
  5. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
To make the frosting:
  1. Whip the butter in your stand mixer with your paddle attachment until you see the butter is lighter in color 2-3 minutes.
  2. Add in the vanilla.
  3. Add in the powdered sugar in 1 cup increments with the milk 1 tablespoon at a time, ending with powdered sugar.
  4. Mix on high for 1 minute after each addition.
  5. Your frosting should be SUPER light and fluffy, like a cloud.
  6. Separate the frosting into three bowls, color it with pink, purple and blue food coloring until it makes a pastel color.
  7. Add the frosting to 3 smaller piping bags, with ends snipped but without tip rings or piping tips.
  8. Carefully place all three into one large piping bag fitted with a closed star tip. You want to get all three open tips of the smaller bags evenly in the decorating tip.
  9. Squeeze a bit of frosting out until the colors are even and giving a rainbow effect. Pipe frosting into swirly mounds onto the cooled cupcakes.
  10. The colors of the frosting will pipe together in a beautiful rainbow swirl.
  11. Top with edible glitter stars, or other sprinkles of your choice.

Nutrition Information

Calories 360kcal (18%) Carbohydrates 52g (17%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 16g (25%) Saturated Fat 10g (50%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g (6%) Monounsaturated Fat 4g (20%) Trans Fat 1g (50%) Cholesterol 42mg (14%) Sodium 201mg (8%) Potassium 61mg (1%) Fiber 0.4g (2%) Sugar 40g (80%) Vitamin A 505IU (10%) Calcium 68mg (7%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24 Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 360

% Daily Value*

Calories 360kcal 18%
Carbohydrates 52g 17%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 16g 25%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 4g 20%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 42mg 14%
Sodium 201mg 8%
Potassium 61mg 1%
Fiber 0.4g 2%
Sugar 40g 80%
Vitamin A 505IU 10%
Calcium 68mg 7%
Iron 1mg 6%

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