Description
Fun and aesthetic vanilla cupcakes decorated like tomatoes, perfect for summer parties and sweet treats.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg white
- Vanilla extract
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup milk or buttermilk
- 1 ½ cups butter
- Powdered sugar
- Heavy cream
- Red gel food coloring
- Green gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line cupcake pan
- Mix wet ingredients in one bowl
- Whisk dry ingredients in another bowl
- Combine wet and dry ingredients gently
- Divide batter into liners
- Bake 15–18 minutes
- Cool cupcakes completely
- Whip butter until smooth
- Add sugar and cream to make buttercream
- Color buttercream red and green
- Pipe red frosting on cupcakes
- Add green stem decoration
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients
- Do not overmix batter
- Use gel coloring for best results
- Store at room temperature
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28
- Sodium: 120
- Fat: 18
- Saturated Fat: 11
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 36
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 75