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🍰 Colorful Flower Cupcakes for Mother's Day

445 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Sugar 150 g
• Salt pinch
• Wheat flour, Type 405 200 g
• Baking powder 0.5 tsp
• Eggs 2 pcs
• Sunflower oil 150 ml
• Buttermilk 150 ml
• Vanilla extract 2 tsp
• Butter 200 g
• Icing sugar 200 g
• Cream cheese, plain 200 g
• Food coloring, red 10 g
• Food coloring, green 10 g
• Food coloring, yellow 10 g
• Food coloring, blue 10 g

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius top/bottom heat.
2. 2. Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
3. 3. Mix the sugar with a pinch of salt, the flour, and the baking powder in a bowl.
4. 4. Whisk the eggs with the sunflower oil, the buttermilk, and one teaspoon of vanilla extract in a separate bowl.
5. 5. Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients.
6. 6. Stir everything until a smooth batter forms.
7. 7. Fill the muffin liners with the batter using a large spoon or portion scoop.
8. 8. Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven at 200 degrees for about 25 minutes.
9. 9. Take the cupcakes out of the oven and remove them from the tin.
10. 10. Let the cupcakes cool down completely.
11. 11. Beat the soft butter with the powdered sugar and one teaspoon of vanilla extract until creamy and white for 4 to 5 minutes.
12. 12. Fold the cream cheese into the butter cream.
13. 13. Divide the cream into four equal portions.
14. 14. Color each portion with food coloring to your desired shade.
15. 15. Fill the colored cream into piping bags fitted with different nozzles.
16. 16. Pipe flowers and leaves from the cream onto the cupcakes.
17. 17. Place the decorated cupcakes in the refrigerator until serving.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 445
• Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 25 g · Carbs: 52 g