Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes.
So… this whole sprinkles thing.
It’s kind of getting annoying, right? Look at me! I’m obsessed with sprinkles! Wah wah wah. I need attention. Yeah. Not cool. I may as well just slap on some glitter eyeshadow and tease my hair. But in reality, I’m so obsessed with sprinkles because now that I’m in my mid-to-late (read: really late) 20s, it’s not so appropriate for me to be walking around sporting the newest shade of Urban Decay and blinding folks with glistening flecks from my lids. Um… what would you rather have? Me wearing loose sparkles on my eyes or a compulsion to bake you colorful vanilla cakes?
So sprinkles it is. Everyone needs a vice.
They are sort of like trashy gossip tabloids. Or the new, freakishly awkward version of 90210. Or chocolate covered bacon. Or skinny jeans. I really have no business dealing with any of the above but I die a little inside when I don’t get what I want. I’m okay with being a walking celeb stalker, wearing pants that make me look like a stuffed sausage and knowing the exact story line on every tween drama.
And making homemade funfetti cupcakes. I’m okay with that too. Funfetti cupcakes were always an obsession in our house growing up. Heck, they still are. Sometimes I still buy the boxed version. Yes I do. But I’ve also been making them from scratch for a loooooong time and really didn’t think you had any interest considering they are… hello… a vanilla cupcake with sprinkles. Simple. Yummy. Easy. Lovable.
Don’t mind my crumbs. I’m messy. So if you feel like creaming some butter and scooping some flour, you’re in for a treat. My favorite part? Different sprinkles. Wowza. Sometimes I use the regular old things – you may refer to them as jmmies, but I just can’t get behind that. Other times I use the nonpareils, which I love because they have super bright, fun colors. If you haven’t noticed, I like bright colors. And sprinkles. And glitter. And bacon. Okay I’m done.
Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes
Ingredients
Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup assorted brightly colored sprinkles + more for top of frosting
Vanilla Buttercream
- 2 sticks of butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of milk, if needed
Instructions
Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add half of the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Add the milk. Once mixed, add remaining dry ingredients. Fold in assorted sprinkles. Pour into cupcake tins and fill 2/3 of the way full. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool, then frost.
Vanilla Buttercream
- Cream butter in the bowl of an electric mixture until completely smooth and creamy. With the mixer on low speed, add in powdered sugar slowly. Gradually increase mixer speed and add vanilla, then beat for 2-3 minutes, scraping down sides and bottom of the bowl. If frosting is too thick, add milk 1 teaspoon at a time until desired consistency is reached If it’s too thin, add sugar gradually until it thickens. Frost cupcakes and top with sprinkles.
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450 Comments on “Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes.”
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Well hello Jessica! I just made these cute little cupcakes but, unfortunately mine did not turn out as pretty. I was wondering how your batter is so pearl white and mine was yellow as well as the icing, my icing was yellow & grainy looking. If you can help it was would be great because I plan to make these again, and master them. Thank you so much :)
P.S. LOVE THE BLOG!
hmm… both were yellow?? did you use a stand mixer??
Yes, I did. I don’t own a fancy kitchen made mixer…(yet) :)
I just made these and they came out just like the pictures. I just put much less sugar in the frosting because I don’t like it too sweet (well sometimes I don’t). Great recipe and will be using it more since my little sister loved them. Never saw a 3 year old finish anything so quickly.
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How did you frost your cupcakes to look like that? Was it a special Tip or knife or what technique?
Hi there! I am looking for a good buttercream for a cake to frost and decorate…nothing difficult…just a couple of roses, a border, and writing. I find it difficult to find a buttercream that I like. Can this be stiffened up just with powdered sugar in order to decorate?
Thanks!
Cakes/frosting are not my specialty so I am not even sure where to begin, but check out my friend Amanda’s blog – she is the cake queen! http://iammommy.typepad.com/i_am_baker/
Oh thank you so much!!! Wow, she IS amazing…now I am just intimidated:) Ha, ha!
Thanks so much!
hi! I just made these I loved them.. well the taste that is! but thought they weren’t as fluffy as I’d like them to be. so what did I do wrong? leave them in for too long? this is my first time baking from scratch so I’m just a bit insecure.. and my sister thought they needed to be a bit sweeter.. so would I add more sugar? of MORE sprinkles ? hehehehe
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I made these this weekend for my daughter’s 6th b’day and they were amazing…I just did my post and linked back to your site and recipe….thanks for a great cupcake!
I made these last night for my dads office birthday party :) These came out awesome I made mini ones so there were more hehe! Thanks for the awesome Idea
OMG I tried theese for my sports group because its our last practice and they are sooo good! Now my carpet is filled will sprinkles hahahaah! They are soo good! They are like the perfect texture and the frosting is perfect! I love you for this recipe ahahah
These cupcakes turned out great when I made them! The icing was amazing, so buttery! I gave one to my high school English teacher and it definitely scored me brownie points.
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Jessica, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I made these cupcakes to celebrate my friend’s birthday. I was a little bit anxious about how they would turn out, cause i’m from Russia and, you know, some products and measures may differ… But everything went perfectly fine, the cupcakes were puffy, beautiful and really easy to make! I decorated them with icing with marzipan, and drew some stuff from Doctor Who (my friend is a big fan) on it… And these cupcakes became some sort of a legend! =)
Thank you once again!
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These are so fun and so pretty! Pinned and stumbled :)
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hey jessica! i’ve been a long time reader but surprisingly haven’t commented yet… so hey! i finally got around to making your funfetti cupcakes & they were amazingly perfect! just like the funfetti from the box :) anyways, i adore your blog… keep up all the great work! ps* i posted about these on my blog & linked it back to you! thanks again & i promise to pop in more often!
So glad you liked them!
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Hey!! The frosting should be 1 teaspoon of vanilla not 1 tablespoon!! Our frosting was wayyyyyy too sweet! Waiting on the cupcakes to finish cooking, we are so excited about frosting them!
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These look amazing! How do you keep them so white?!? My vanilla cupcakes and frosting always turn out so ‘yellowish’ and yours are pristine white!! Tell me your secret!
Mine turned out yellow-ish :( Did I do something wrong?
Did you use an electric mixer? The batter probably needed to be mixed a little longer?
I used a stand mixer. I would probably try making one. Thanks for replying :)
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I just tried these for a Christmas party (so green and red sprinkles only!) and they’ve turned out great! I used a mini-muffin tray and ended up with 50 mini-cupcakes!
I followed the recipe exactly but my cupcakes turned out a bit dry. Any suggestions to moisten them up?
use more milk http://anickh.blogspot.com/2012/04/yellow-cake-1-cup-white-sugar-12-cup.html
Was I supposed to use cake flour or all purpose flour, mine came out beautiful but tasted horrible </3
I think you probably did something else wrong in the ingredients; if it was supposed to be cake flour, you would know, because the cupcakes would’ve been really flat and ugly. Over-mixing sometimes causes taste problems. Also, I usually cut down on the baking powder, because it has a terrible taste that tends to stand out. (I sell cupcakes, so I have a few tricks).
I have been looking for a funfetti cake recipe for my son’s 2nd birthday and was so excited to find these! I love your site! :) I used rainbow jimmies for mine instead of the non pareils. They came out perfect! Not too sweet, and the flavor and texture was great!!!! I did a test run the other night…and loved them. I will be making 48 of them tonight for his birthday party on Saturday!! Thank you so much! :)
i want to make these this weekend for a girlfriend’s birthday, and i was wondering if you used regular flour or cake flour??
Use regular flour
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I made it today! My first cupcake! And the result is so delicious! Thanks for sharing :D
i want to make these this weekend for a girlfriend’s birthday, and i was wondering if you used regular flour or cake flour??
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Did you use whole eggs? My batter turned out darker than yours and I think it is because of the egg part instead of just using the whites?
Its because of the vanilla! she would have used some clear vanilla for this recipe, (useful for baking) rather than the standard vanilla
Hey, thanks for this comment. I was super psyched about the color and so I would have been super disappointed if I had not seen this. Someday, hopefully, my cupcake baking addiction will become severe enough to justify purchasing clear vanilla.
These look like some of the most delicious things I have ever seen. OMG.
What a fun take on an old classic!! I made a double batch of these for a New Year’s Eve party last night and used vanilla vodka in the buttercream frosting instead of milk – it was a hit! I love the cake recipe, it’s not too sweet but very flavorful, and the buttercream was the best I’ve made yet.
Hope you have a fantastic new year, and thanks for posting this delicious recipe! :)
Oh my goodness is this an amazing recipe. I can’t wait to make them! That buttercream looks so thick and creamy! I love them! I just wish I could figure out how to spread the frosting on as pretty as you! :)
couldnt help but read your comment , and to make the cupcakes picture perfect you could get a decoraters tip and or iceing bag or use a zip lock bag with a sm v cut in the coner of the bag to make then lok as nice as the orignalposter cupcakes good luck ,
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Just took these babies out the oven! I used jimmies instead of nonpareils.
They taste a little sweet at first and then a little bland. I need to try them with frosting!
Ours came out a weird gray-ish green, & tasted like corn muffins :(
As for the color of your cupcakes that’s because you mixed the batter too much when you put in the sprinkles, the color comes off if mixed up too much thus making it a weird hodgepodge of colors, As for the taste I have no idea why that is. :(
I made these with some nutmeg in the batter and a pecan-pie-like glaze, they were delicious! I blogged about them here: http://noellephant.blogspot.com/2012/01/rainy-days.html.
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Your posts are hysterical and the recipes look amazing! I’ll be using your white chocolate frosting recipe tomorrow :) Keep ’em coming!!!
The look so amazing! I will have to try making them!
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Just got these out of the oven and tasted one! To die for! Made them with the same sprinkles as you did and made sure not to mix too much after adding them – wonderful! Thank you!