Mardi Gras Cupcakes with Cinnamon Frosting

By hazelljbmh

These are excellent! Very moist. They take a little extra time to make the cupcakes multi-colored but it is worth it.

Ingredients

• Cupcakes:
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 cup buttermilk (instead of water indicated on box)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• Food coloring
• Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting:
• 1 cup butter
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanila
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Cupcakes:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line 24 muffin tins with cupcake liners
- Use an electric mixer to beat together all of the ingredients for about 2 minutes on medium to high speed
- Divide the batter equally into thirds (if you’re planning on using 3 colors, of course) and use food coloring to achieve whatever color you’d like
- Get a spoon for each color and one spoon to use as your “divider” as your pour the different colors
- Start with one color and pour about 1 spoonful of batter up against one side, using the divider spoon to prevent the batter from spreading too much
- Fill in with the other colors, using the same technique. Don’t worry about making these perfect, it actually looks cool when the colors invade each others’ thirds and look a little messy
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean

Frosting:
- Beat butter in an electric mixer until fluffy
- Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time until completely mixed
- Add the milk 1 tbsp at a time to achieved desired thickness
- Mix in vanilla and cinnamon until well combined