St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
You don’t have to find the end of the rainbow to reach tasty pots of gold!
These St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes are delicious and made with a few simple ingredients.
So, show off your decorative cupcakes online with shamrock green icing, fluffy clouds, and rainbows this St. Patrick’s Day!
Tried the recipe? Send us your pictures!
Preparation
- Electric mixer
- Wooden spoon
- Whisk
- Bowl(s)
- Cupcake or muffin pan
Optional:
- Piping bag
- Cupcake or muffin liners
- Sprinkles
Ingredients for Vanilla Cupcakes
1 1/4 cups of flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons of salt
1/2 cup of unsalted butter (room temperature)
3/4 cup of sugar
2 eggs (room temperature)
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Colourful sprinkles
Instructions for Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Leave aside.
- In another bowl, mix sugar and butter with an electric mixer for approximately four minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract into sugar and butter mixture.
- Incorporate dry ingredients in segments. Mix with a wooden spoon until wet and dry ingredients are fully combined.
- Stir in colourful sprinkles to batter.
- Pour batter into cupcake or muffin pan.
- Bake for 18–22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before icing or decorating!
Ingredients for Icing
1/2 cup of unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
2 cups of icing sugar (sifted)
2 tablespoons of milk
Green food colouring
Instructions for Icing
- Use an electric mixture and beat butter.
- Add sifted icing sugar and incorporate with butter.
- Mix in vanilla extract and milk.
- Add a drop or two (as needed) of green food colouring.
- Use a piping bag to decorate your cupcakes.
EXTRA-NESS
- Add Rainbow Sugar Strips to arch across the cupcakes
- Use white icing on the borders of the rainbow to replicate clouds
- Gold cupcake liners to replicate a pot of gold
- Pot of Gold Cupcake Topper by Jazz It Up! Celebrations (@jazzitup.celebrations)
You don’t have to find the end of the rainbow to reach tasty pots of gold!
These St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes are delicious and made with a few simple ingredients.
So, show off your decorative cupcakes online with shamrock green icing, fluffy clouds, and rainbows this St. Patrick’s Day!
Tried the recipe? Send us your pictures!
Preparation
- Electric mixer
- Wooden spoon
- Whisk
- Bowl(s)
- Cupcake or muffin pan
Optional:
- Piping bag
- Cupcake or muffin liners
- Sprinkles
Ingredients for Vanilla Cupcakes
1 1/4 cups of flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons of salt
1/2 cup of unsalted butter (room temperature)
3/4 cup of sugar
2 eggs (room temperature)
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Colourful sprinkles
Instructions for Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Leave aside.
- In another bowl, mix sugar and butter with an electric mixer for approximately four minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract into sugar and butter mixture.
- Incorporate dry ingredients in segments. Mix with a wooden spoon until wet and dry ingredients are fully combined.
- Stir in colourful sprinkles to batter.
- Pour batter into cupcake or muffin pan.
- Bake for 18–22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before icing or decorating!
Ingredients for Icing
1/2 cup of unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
2 cups of icing sugar (sifted)
2 tablespoons of milk
Green food colouring
Instructions for Icing
- Use an electric mixture and beat butter.
- Add sifted icing sugar and incorporate with butter.
- Mix in vanilla extract and milk.
- Add a drop or two (as needed) of green food colouring.
- Use a piping bag to decorate your cupcakes.
EXTRA-NESS
- Add Rainbow Sugar Strips to arch across the cupcakes
- Use white icing on the borders of the rainbow to replicate clouds
- Gold cupcake liners to replicate a pot of gold
- Pot of Gold Cupcake Topper by Jazz It Up! Celebrations (@jazzitup.celebrations)