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Homemade funfetti cupcakes with vanilla frosting and sprinkles
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Homemade funfetti Cupcakes

These homemade funfetti cupcakes are moist and delicious with a light, fluffy frosting that tastes just like vanilla ice cream!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 22 minutes
Servings 15 cupcakes
Calories 404kcal
Author Ann Otis

Ingredients

Funfetti Cupcakes

  • 1 3/4 cup cake flour sifted
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large egg whites at room temp
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup full-fat sour cream at room temp
  • 1/2 cup milk, at room temp
  • 1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles, preferably jimmies

Vanilla Frosting

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 2/3 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Instructions

Funfetti Cupcakes

  • Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes, scraping down the sides as needed.
  • Add the egg whites and vanilla and mix on medium speed until well combined, about 3 minutes, scraping down sides as needed.
  • Add the sour cream and continue beating until incorporated. Reduce the mixer speed to low.
  • Add the dry ingredients in thirds, mixing only until just combined. Add the milk and continue mixing until just incorporated.
  • Fold in the sprinkles with a rubber spatula until evenly distributed, but do not over-mix as the color from the sprinkles will start to bleed into the matter.
  • Fill cupcakes lines about 2/3 full. You will have some batter left over to make an extra 2-3 cupcakes.
  • Bake in the preheated oven, about 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and set cupcake tin on a wire rack to cool. When cupcakes are cool enough to handle, remove them from the tin to finish cooling on the rack.

Vanilla Frosting

  • In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachement, beat butter on medium-high speed until pale and smooth, one or two minutes
  • Reduce speed to medium-low, and add confectioner's sugar, a 1/2 cup at a time, until incorporated, scraping down sides as needed.
  • Add vanilla, and increase speed to medium-high. Beat until smooth. Add cream and beat until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
  • Frost cupcakes, and decorate with additional sprinkles.

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 404kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 69mg | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 660IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 0.2mg