My girls live and breathe Disney’s Frozen. My oldest believes that she is Elsa, my youngest — well, she is infatuated with Kristoff. (No really, she is!) And the soundtrack, well I am pretty sure I have listened to it every time I have been in the car since Christmas.
Her birthday is in March, but K is already planning a Frozen birthday party. That’s a long way away, but in the mean time I thought it would be fun to make some Frozen-inspired cupcakes. And what’s the perfect Frozen cupcake? Why blue velvet of course!
- 2 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 1 tbsp. dark blue food coloring
- 1 tiny dab violet gel food coloring
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. white vinegar
Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 2 ½ sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 ½ cups confectioners sugar (10 oz)
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. heavy cream
To give them just the right Frozen look I decorated my cupcakes with Wilton baking cups and Wilton Sugar Pearl Sprinkles.
Tip – The recipe calls for a dab of violet gel food coloring, which I used. It looks pretty, but it is darker than I anticipated. Next time I make Frozen cupcakes, I will forgo the violet.
Blue Velvet Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Insert cupcake liners or spray cupcake pan with non-stick spray.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, oil, buttermilk, food coloring, vanilla, and vinegar. Whisk vigorously until well combined and smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
Divide the batter evenly in the cupcake tray, filling each hole about ¾ fill. Bake for 17-19 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly pressed with your fingertip and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the cupcakes cool for a few minutes. Remove them from the pans to cool completely.
Buttercream Frosting
In a large bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer for about 20 seconds. Add the confectioners sugar and salt and beat at medium-low to incorporate the sugar. Increase the speed the medium and beat until filly combined, about 30 seconds, scrapping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
Add the vanilla and heavy cream and beat on medium speed until combined. Increase the speed to medium-height and beat for about 4 minutes, or until the mixture is very light and fluffy. You may need to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.
Frost the cupcakes once they are completely cool.
The Clean Up
When I bake, I make a crazy mess. I mean seriously. Should it really take this many dishes to make cupcakes? Really?
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This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Dawn. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.
Blue Velvet Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk at room temperature
- 1 tbsp. dark blue food coloring
- 1 tiny dab violet gel food coloring
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. white vinegar
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Insert cupcake liners or spray cupcake pan with non-stick spray.
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In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, oil, buttermilk, food coloring, vanilla, and vinegar. Whisk vigorously until well combined and smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
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Divide the batter evenly in the cupcake tray, filling each hole about ¾ fill. Bake for 17-19 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly pressed with your fingertip and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the cupcakes cool for a few minutes. Remove them from the pans to cool completely.
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Fun recipe! Gotta love Frozen. 🙂 That frosting looks delicious, and the cupcakes are so pretty!
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I’m probably the only person on the planet that has not seen Frozen, but your cupcakes look amazing. I found your recipe over at the Turn it Up Tuesday’s link party. I host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you linked up this recipe. I’m sure our partygoers would love it as much as I do. Have a wonderful day!!
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These look so fun and so yummy! I wish I had a reason to throw a frozen inspired party just so I could serve these! Thanks for the recipe! You did a great job! We would love it if you linked up with our party this week!
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Hi Jen, I’m coming to you from the WUW linkup. I’m one of the guest cohosts. I love red velvet everything but never tried blue velvet anything. I will file this away and use next time when my next sweet treat fix hit. All of my pans can use a little cleaning pick me up.
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I like how you switched out the usual red velvet for blue to match Frozen. 🙂 Think of all the different color possibilities. 🙂 Stop on by and share this or any other recipe with us on Five Friday Finds!
CJ Huang says
I like how you switched out the usual red velvet for blue to match Frozen. 🙂 Think of all the different color possibilities. 🙂 Stop on by and share this or any other recipe with us on Five Friday Finds!
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