Citrus Vanilla Basketball Cupcakes with Strawberry Milk
Author: Kelli @ eat pray {read} love
Recipe type: dessert
- 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
- To make the cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking soda in a stand mixer.
- Add in butter and mix just until butter is fairly incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, combine remaining cake ingredients. (Reserve half of orange zest for icing)
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until fully incorporated.
- Bake in mini-cupcake pan for 9-12 minutes, just until set in the middle.
- Icing:
- Combine all ingredients in stand mixer or use hand beater to mix until smooth and orange.
- Once cupcakes have cooled, ice them. Use orange Skittles and black icing to create a basketball on top.
- Strawberry milk:
- 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/
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