Pink Champagne Cupcakes
Celebrate with these light and fluffy pink champagne cupcakes frosted with pink champagne buttercream frosting. Subtly sweet and perfect for that special occasion.
Servings: 22 cupcakes
Calories: 248kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups pink champagne
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour spooned & leveled
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup salted butter softened
- 5 eggs whites room temperature
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- Pink Food Coloring
Pink Champagne Buttercream
- 2-3 tablespoon pink champagne reduction
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1-2 tablespoon milk if needed for consistency
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- Line a muffin tin with 23 cupcake liners.
- In a small saucepan, add 2 ½ cups of pink champagne.
- Simmer on low for about 6 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool. Reserve 2-3 tablespoon of reduced pink champagne for the buttercream.
- Meanwhile, Beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract together.
- Beat in the egg whites until fluffy.
- In a separate bowl, combine the spooned & leveled flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Slowly beat in a third of the flour mixture.
- Add in a third of the pink champagne reduction. Beat until just combined.
- Repeat until all ingredients are just combined.
- Fill the cupcake liners ¾ of the way full.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes. Check the center of the cupcakes with a toothpick. It should come out clean.
Pink Champagne Buttercream- Beat the softened butter until creamy.
- Add the confectioner's sugar a little at a time. It will become crumbly.
- Add the desired amount of pink champagne and blend until creamy.
- At this time, add pink food coloring if desired.
- If needed, add 1 to 2 tablespoon of milk to make the buttercream pipable.
- Store the piped cupcakes in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 183mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 452IU | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg
