Dear Sis,
Today has been a fun day at our house. There are cupcakes everywhere! …which is okay with William and Josh:)
The colors are flipped in cupcakes 1 and 2, because the component that contains the watermelon flavoring, is the component that has to be pink.
CUPCAKE ONE
Chocolate Chip Watermelon Cupcakes
2019-05-03 11:22:39
Yields 24
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 c buttermilk
- 1/3 c oil
- 3 egg whites
- 3 T watermelon gelatin
- red food color
- 1/2 c mini chocolate chips
- 1 recipe Swiss Buttercream, colored green
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 dozen cupcake tins with parchment liners.
- Beat together cake mix, buttermilk, oil, and egg whites until smooth.
- Stir in gelatin and red food color, until desired color is reached, but remembering that the color will appear slightly darker after it is baked.
- Bake 15 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
- Frost with Swiss Buttercream, recipe link below.
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Gelatin in cake creates a very moist, but slightly denser cake. Baking the chocolate chips into the cake makes the chocolate flavor much richer. In my opinion, I taste chocolate first with a hint of watermelon flavor. If my panel of taste testers picks this cupcake, I will add fondant toppers to complete the look.
CUPCAKE TWO
Watermelon Cupcakes
2019-05-03 11:32:19
Yields 24
Cupcakes
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 c buttermilk
- 1/3 c oil
- 3 egg whites
- green food color
Watermelon Frosting
- 1 batch Swiss Buttercream, colored red/pink
- 1 pkg. watermelon Kool-aid
- mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 dozen cupcake tins with parchment liners.
- Beat together cake mix, buttermilk, oil, and egg whites until smooth.
- Stir in green food color until desired shade is achieved. I even like to add a bit of yellow to brighten the green. Keep in mind that the color with be slightly darker after baking.
- Bake 15 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
- Prepare Swiss Buttercream as directed in the link above, but leave out almond extract, and add Kool-aid in its place. Color with red food color to desired shade.
- Pipe over cupcakes with a large star tip. Sprinkle each frosted top with some chocolate chips.
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I will post the results in the comment section:)
Love,
b