Description
Beach cupcakes with soft vanilla cake, blue frosting, and graham cracker sand. A fun, creative dessert for summer parties.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons whole milk
- 8 cups powdered sugar
- Blue gel food coloring
- 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers
- White sprinkles and chocolate pearls
- Candy or chocolate shells
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line cupcake pans
- Cream butter, sugar, and oil until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time, then mix in vanilla
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl
- Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk into batter
- Fill liners two-thirds full and bake for 18 minutes
- Cool cupcakes completely before frosting
- Prepare buttercream by mixing butter and powdered sugar
- Divide frosting and color half blue
- Spread white frosting on half of each cupcake
- Spread blue frosting on the other half
- Top white side with crushed graham crackers
- Add sprinkles and decorate with candy shells
Notes
- Do not frost warm cupcakes to avoid melting
- Adjust frosting consistency with milk or sugar as needed
- Add graham cracker topping close to serving time for best texture
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28
- Sodium: 140
- Fat: 18
- Saturated Fat: 11
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 38
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 65
