Easy Big Bird Cupcakes
Sesame Street is beloved by multiple generations, so it is the perfect theme for a birthday party that both kids and parents will love!
These Big Bird Cupcakes are absolutely adorable and surprisingly simple to make. Plus who doesn’t love a from-scratch cupcake recipe!
Big Bird Cupcakes Ingredients
For the vanilla cupcakes:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 4 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
For the Frosting:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 4-5 cups powder sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- yellow food coloring
- jumbo candy eyes
Kitchen tools you may find useful:
- cake decoration kit with reusable silicon frosting bag
- silicon cupcake liners
- cupcake pan
- Kitchenaid stand mixer
How to Make EASY Big Bird Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Line cupcake pan with silicone muffin liners for easy removal.
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, then add in the vanilla bean pasta and eggs, one at a time.
Alternate adding half of the flour mixture and half of the buttermilk until everything is combined.
Fill the cupcake liners until 2/3 full, and bake for 18-22 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes before attempting to remove the cupcakes from the liners.
Meanwhile, prepare the frosting by creaming together the butter, vanilla, heavy cream and powdered sugar. Add more or less cream or powdered sugar to get your desired consistency. Add yellow food coloring until you have your desired shade.
Scoop your yellow frosting into a piping bag with a star tip. As you squeeze frosting, pull up bag in a short, quick motion to leave frosting in peaks.
Once you’ve frosted cupcakes, you can push candy eyes into the frosting to secure them in place.
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Big Bird Cupcakes
Easy & festive Big Bird cupcakes with from scratch vanilla white cupcakes and yellow buttercream frosting - perfect for a Sesame Street kids birthday party!
Ingredients
Cupcake ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 4 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
Frosting ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 4-5 cups powder sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- yellow food coloring
- candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Line cupcake pan with silicone muffin liners for easy removal.
- Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, then add in the vanilla bean paste and eggs, one at a time.
- Alternate adding half of the flour mixture and half of the buttermilk until everything is combined.
- Fill the cupcake liners until 2/3 full, and bake for 18-22 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes before attempting to remove the cupcakes from the liners.
- Meanwhile, prepare the frosting by creaming together the butter, vanilla, heavy cream and powdered sugar. Add more or less cream or powdered sugar to get your desired consistency. Add yellow food coloring until you have your desired shade.
- Scoop your yellow frosting into a piping bag with a star tip. As you squeeze frosting, pull up bag in a short, quick motion to leave frosting in peaks.
- Once you've frosted cupcakes, you can push candy eyes into the frosting to secure them in place.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
18Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1332Total Fat: 26gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 108mgSodium: 429mgCarbohydrates: 279gFiber: 1gSugar: 257gProtein: 5g
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