Rose Cupcakes

Ingredients

For the Cake:

1. 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2. 1 cupsugar
3. 1/4 tsp baking soda
4. 1 tsp baking powder
5. 3/4 cup salted butter room temperature
6. 3 eggs
7. 3 tsps vanilla extract
8. 1/2 cup sour cream
9. 1/2 cup milk

For the Buttercream

1. 1 pound unsalted butter room temperature
2. 8 cups confectioners' sugar
3. 1/2 cup cream
4. 1 drop pink food coloring a very small drop

Instructions

For the Cake:

1. Sift the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Mix the wet ingredients together in a medium bowl.
3. Add the wet to the dry and mix until just combined. Fold in the sprinkles at the very end and mix at little as possible.
4. Divide the mixture into cupcake papers
5. Bake at 340 for about 25 minutes or until the centers are springy to the touch. Baking time depends on the size of your cupcakes

For the buttercream

1. Beat the butter until light and fluffy, add the sugar a cup at a time and beat well. Mix in cream until desired consistency is reached.
2. Separate the buttercream into two batches and mix in the pink food coloring into one batch.
3. Attach a 126 tip to a piping bag and fill bag with both colors of buttercream.
4. Use a spatula to create a cone of buttercream on the cupcake.
5. Pipe a cone onto the cupcake. (sharp side of tip facing up)
6. Create the rose by making small arcs with the tip, which gradually increase in size as you get toward the edge of the flower.

For more detail preppykitchen.com

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