My HR manager’s birthday just passed, and while we don’t really need an excuse to indulge in baked goods in our office, we had actually had a reason to justify our indulgences this time.  I decided to try out a new recipe I came across while searching for Jack Daniels cupcake recipes.  Cotton candy cupcakes?  Sounds delish to me.  And they were!

Adapted from Bakingdom

Cotton Candy Cupcakes

Dessert, Baking, Cupcakes, Cup cakes, Cotton candy

Cooks in 30 minutes    Serves 24

Ingredients

• 3 cups of Flour
• 1 cup of Sugar
• 3 teaspoons of Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2 sticks of Unsalted Butter, room temperature
• 1 cup of Sour Cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup of Cotton Candy, packed

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350° and line a cupcake pan with liners and set aside.
• In a standing mixer, cream butter, sour cream, eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the standing mixer, until everything is incorporated.
• Add cotton candy to the mixer and allow to incorporate, about a minute.
• Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on your oven, until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow all cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

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Cotton Candy Buttercream Icing

Dessert, Icing, Buttercream, Cotton candy

Cooks in 15 minutes    Serves 24

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Butter
• 3 cups of Confectioner’s Sugar
• 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
• 3 tsp of Milk, divided
• 1/2 cup of Cotton Candy

Directions

• Put cotton candy in a separate bowl and add 2 teaspoons of milk over top.
• In a standing mixer, cream butter.
• Add vanilla extract & 1 teaspoon of milk to creamed butter.
• Slowly add confectioner’s sugar intermittently.
• Once butter and sugar have creamed together, add cotton candy and milk mixture to the mixer and allow to mix for another minute.
• Frost your cupcakes!

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The only thing that really would have made these cupcakes better is if I had a cotton candy machine at the house to make fresh cotton candy.  Topping the topping the cupcakes with some fluffy cotton candy would  have been awesome.  Unfortunately, I don’t have that countertop appliance, nor did anyone I know.  It also would have looked extra cute!

I’m going to be keeping this recipe on hand….my niece and nephew turn 1 this June.  Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes?  I think that might be a possibility!  Maybe Red Velvet Cupcakes with the Cotton Candy Icing…..the possibilities are endless!

Tagged: baking, buttercream, Cup cake, Cupcakes, icing