I’m not usually one to use a boxed cake mix and doctor it up. I’m more accustomed to using entirely homemade recipes, but this one caught my eye and looked good. I’m glad I used it. They turned out delicious, moist and fluffy cupcakes- perfect for holding buttercream frosting. This recipe has been featured in a post on The Recipe Girl blog, with more photographs and information on the decorator tips that were used and which icing recipe is best: How to Make Wedding Cupcakes.
WHITE WEDDING CAKE CUPCAKES
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1 box white cake mix (I use Duncan Hines Moist)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
¾ tsp salt
1 1/3 cups water
2 Tbs vegetable oil
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream (use regular or light)
4 large egg whites
1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Place cupcake liners in cupcake pans (you’ll need approx. 36).
2. In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix, flour, sugar and salt. Add remaining ingredients and beat with hand mixer for 2 minutes, or until well blended.
3. Use ice cream scoop to fill prepared cupcake tins- fill about 3/4 full. Bake about 18 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Yield: 36 cupcakes
Cooking Tips
*Add a tsp. of almond extract (in addition to the vanilla) if you wish to have a different flavor.
**Using an ice cream scoop is perfect for getting the batter into the cupcake tins without spilling.
***You can also use this mix to make cake. Pour into greased and floured cake pans. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Recipe Source: Adapted from weddingcake101.com
12 Comments
What type of icing tip was used?
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RecipeGirl Reply:
June 1st, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Here’s a blog post that I wrote about these cupcakes- explaining tip #’s etc. http://www.recipegirl.com/2009/03/17/how-to-make-wedding-cupcakes/
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I made these cupcakes today for my sister’s 24th birthday, they turned out AWESOME and my sister loved them! Thanks for the recipe!
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I made this recipe more than a dozen times now. It’s perfect everytime. Thank you for sharing this wonderful, foolproof recipe. My daughter & her friends always request for the cupcakes after every last performance.
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Need recipe for frosting used for cupcakes.
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Lori Lange Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Bertha, Here’s the recipe I use for the buttercream: http://www.recipegirl.com/2007/03/16/wedding-cupcake-buttercream/
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Thanks again for sharing this recipe!!! I, now, use this recipe for all of my white cakes. Everyone loves it, even my husband, who eats very few sweets.
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Can you replace the white cake mix with any boxed cake mix and assume the other ingredients would work well together? I’m thinking about doing chocolate as well.
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Lori Lange Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Amber- I’ve never tried the recipe with another kind of cake mix, but I don’t think it would make a difference. Let us know if it works out!
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Hi There,
I also use this recipe – amazing and everyone loves it everytime!
There is only one small changes if you want to make it with chocolate (other than the chocolate cake mix
. Instead of 4 large egg whites you use 3 large whole eggs… and I don’t include the almond in my chocolate recipe.
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Darn it. I wanted something like this for my anniversary. Well, there is always next year. These are so pretty.
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Hi I’m not a professional baker but it’s my grandma’s 80th birthday and wanted to try this and make it for her, can you tell me if you followed the directions on the box cake mix and then added the rest of the other ingredients as well?
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Lori Lange Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 1:21 PM
@Lyn, No, don’t use the box directions at all… just use the box with the other ingredients in this recipe & they turn out perfectly. Good luck!
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I made these cupcakes and they were awesome! My question is though, I want to make some Red Velvet cupcakes, can I use the same recipe just use the DH Red Velvet cake mix?
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Lori Lange Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 4:45 PM
@Sherilynn, Sounds like a great idea, but I really can’t tell you if it works because I haven’t tried it. Please come back and let us know if you tried it and it worked!
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My best friend is making my cake for my wedding and I LOVE how these look! What size pearls did you use for the cupcakes?
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Lori Lange Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 4:45 PM
@Heather, no idea! I just bought little pearls at my local bakery decor shop… not sure there were different sizes.
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where can i get those cute little sprinkles you have on the cupcakes? and what are they called?
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Lori Lange Reply:
July 5th, 2010 at 1:35 PM
@Serena, They’re candy pearls… ask at a baking supply store or Michaels. http://www.Bakeitpretty.com also sells them.
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