Piñata Cupcakes
A super easy Piñata Cupcakes recipe with a surprise filling of bright and colourful sprinkles! Perfect for kids birthday parties!
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Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 466kcal
Equipment
- Beaters, stand-mixer or Thermomix
- Oven
Ingredients
- 200 g unsalted butter, softened
- 200 g caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 200 g self raising flour
For the frosting:
- 185 g butter, softened
- 2 ¼ cups icing sugar mixture
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 drops food colouring
- sprinkles, mini M&Ms, edible silver balls to fill and decorate
Instructions
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
- Place cupcake cases into the holes of two 12-hole muffin trays.
- Place the butter, caster sugar, salt and vanilla extract into a bowl.
- Beat together with a stand-mixer or hand-held beaters until pale and fluffy.
- Add the eggs to a separate bowl and beat together lightly.
- Slowly add the egg mixture to the butter mixture while continuing to beat.
- When all of the egg mixture has been completely combined with the butter mixture, sift in the self raising flour and stir with a spoon until just combined (don't over combine).
- Place the cupcake mixture into the cupcake cases - filling them to ⅔ full.
- Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden and when they spring back when touched in the centre (if you're making mini cupcakes, reduce the cooking time slightly).
- Leave cupcakes in the baking trays for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Cut a small hole in the middle of each cooled cupcake (not quite to the bottom). Discard the majority of the removed cake, keeping just a small slice for the lid.
- Fill each hole with sprinkles, mini chocolates, Smarties, M&Ms etc.
- Place the reserved slices of cupcake back onto the top as a lid (press down lightly).
- To make the icing, beat the butter in a bowl until pale and fluffy (approximately 5 minutes).
- Slowly add the icing sugar mixture, milk and vanilla extract and continue to beat until smooth and creamy.
- Spread the frosting over the cupcakes and decorate with extra sprinkles.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Place cupcake cases into the holes of two 12-hole muffin trays.
- Place sugar and butter into the TM bowl and and mix for 15 seconds, Speed 5.
- Add the eggs, salt, vanilla extract and self-raising flour and mix for 15 seconds, Speed 5. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula, then mix for a further 10 seconds, Speed 5.
- Place the cupcake mixture into the cupcake cases - filling them to ⅔ full.
- Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden and when they spring back when touched in the centre (if you're making mini cupcakes, reduce the cooking time slightly). Leave cupcakes in the baking trays for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Cut a small hole in the middle of each cooled cupcake (not quite to the bottom). Discard the majority of the removed cake, keeping just a small slice for the lid.
- Fill each hole with sprinkles, mini chocolates, Smarties, M&Ms etc.
- Place the reserved slices of cupcake back onto the top as a lid (press down lightly).
- To make the icing, place the icing sugar into the TM bowl and mix for 10 seconds on Speed 9.
- Add the butter, milk, vanilla extract and food colouring to the bowl. Mix for 30 seconds on Speed 4.
- Spread the frosting over the cupcakes and decorate with extra sprinkles.
Nutrition
Calories: 466kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 880IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.4mg