Lucky Charms Cupcakes with Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting
These Lucky Charms Cupcakes with Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting are the perfect bake for St. Patrick's Day! Every bite is sweet, moist, full of flavor, and reminiscent of the classic cereal. SO. GOOD.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1½ cups all purpose flour*
- 1 cup Lucky Charms cereal (marshmallows picked out), ground
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ⅔ teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup whole milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1⅓ teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
- 1½ cups salted butter room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups marshmallow fluff
- ¼ teaspoon green food coloring optional
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Heat oven to 350℉.
- Line cupcake tins with paper liners or spray with nonstick baking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, ground cereal, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla.
- Add to dry ingredients.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Divide batter into prepared pans, filling each cup ⅔ full.
- Bake for 18 minutes, or until done.
Frosting
- With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Beat in cream, vanilla, and marshmallow fluff.
- Add food coloring, if using.
- Pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
Notes
*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g to the measurement for each cup of flour.
Expert Tips:
- Set your eggs, butter, and milk out ahead of time to allow them to come to room temperature.
- Check your baking powder to make sure it’s still in-date.
- Remember to preheat your oven!
- Be careful to not over-mix your cupcake batter.
- We recommend using a large cookie scoop to ensure that each cupcake is equal in size and not over-filled or under-filled!
- If you’re unsure the cupcakes are baked, you can use a cake tester or tooth pick. If it comes clean, the cupcake is baked through!
- Let the cupcakes cool COMPLETELY before frosting them.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 511kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 4gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 318mgPotassium: 71mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 46gVitamin A: 835IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 1mg
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