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Mini Watermelon Cupcakes

Tasty Mini Watermelon Cupcakes that are the perfect bite-sized snack.
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Servings: 24
Calories: 263kcal
Author: Totally The Bomb

Ingredients

  • 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup butter
  • 1 ⅓ cups granulated white sugar
  • 3 egg whites and 1 whole egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips
  • red and yellow food coloring

Ingredients for Icing:

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 teaspoons watermelon flavoring
  • 2 to 3 Tbsp. milk
  • green food dye
  • Additional: A small paintbrush

Instructions

For Cupcakes:

  • Preheat oven to 350° and place paper baking cups into 24 regular-sized muffin cups.
  • In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a large bowl, cream sugar, butter, and eggs.
  • Next, add vanilla extract.
  • On a low speed, alternate blending in dry mixture and milk.
  • Drop in 6 drops of red food coloring to every 1 drop of yellow until watermelon pink color is achieved. You may need more red, depending on how dark you want to make it.
  • Hand blend in chocolate chips. These will be your watermelon seeds.
  • Fill each muffin cup up about 2/3 full and bake for 20-25 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool thoroughly before frosting.

For Frosting:

  • Beat butter with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until creamy.
  • Gradually beat in sugar until smooth.
  • Beat in watermelon flavoring and gradually add milk until desired consistency is reached.
  • Separate about 2 tablespoons of frosting into a separate small bowl.
  • In bigger bowl (with your original frosting), add green food coloring ONE DROP at a time until a light green watermelon rind color is achieved.
  • Spoon the different colored green frostings into 2 icing bags. Snip the ends, then place into 1 large icing bag together. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes in a swirl.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 193mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g
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