Citrus Vanilla Basketball Cupcakes with Strawberry Milk
Author: 
Recipe type: dessert
 
A fun treat for watching the basketball tournament!
Ingredients
  • Cupcakes:
  • 1.5 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ Tbs. baking powder
  • 1 stick butter cut into cubes
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 tsp. lemon extract
  • zest of one lime
  • zest of one mandarin orange, halved
  • Cream cheese icing:
  • 1 8 oz block cream cheese, room temp
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • remaining zest of the orange
  • a few drops red and yellow food coloring
  • Miscellaneous: Orange skittles and black icing for decorating
  • Strawberry milk
  • for each serving:
  • 8 oz milk
  • 10 strawberry skittles
Instructions
  1. To make the cupcakes:
  2. Preheat oven to 325.
  3. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda in a stand mixer.
  4. Add in butter and mix just until butter is fairly incorporated.
  5. In a separate bowl, combine remaining cake ingredients. (Reserve half of orange zest for icing)
  6. Combine wet and dry ingredients until fully incorporated.
  7. Bake in mini-cupcake pan for 9-12 minutes, just until set in the middle.
  8. Icing:
  9. Combine all ingredients in stand mixer or use hand beater to mix until smooth and orange.
  10. Once cupcakes have cooled, ice them. Use orange Skittles and black icing to create a basketball on top.
  11. Strawberry milk:
  12. Combine milk and Skittles. Allow to sit for 5 minutes. Stir and then strain the Skittles if desired.
Recipe by Eat Pray {Read} Love at https://www.eatprayreadlove.com/citrus-vanilla-basketball-cupcakes-with-strawberry-milk/