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Watermelon Cupcakes
Love fun desserts? These Watermelon Cupcakes are colorful, easy, and delicious! The perfect summer dessert for parties, picnics, and family gatherings.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12
Ingredients
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- sugar
- half cup butter
- eggs room temperature
- milk
- vanilla
- green food coloring
- cream cheese
- powdered sugar
- red gel food coloring
- 1 cup chocolate chips mini
- large mixing bowl
- cupcake pans or muffin cups
Instructions
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Line cupcake tins with green cupcake liners or paper liners of your choice. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees f.
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In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt.
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In a separate bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Slowly add in the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture.
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Mix in a few drops of green food coloring and stir until the green color is fully incorporated into your cupcakes.
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Pour cake batter into your muffin tin until they are two-thirds full.
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Bake your cupcakes for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
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While your cupcakes are cooling on a wire rack, make the homemade frosting of your choice: cream cheese frosting or homemade buttercream icing.
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After you make your frosting, add in a few drops of pink food coloring or red food coloring and fold it in until your frosting is a nice pinkish color.
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Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
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Add the frosting to your cake decorating bag or piping bag with an icing tip (a 1m tip works best) and frost your delicious cupcakes.
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Of course, we want these to look just like a real watermelon, so finish off your cute watermelon cupcakes with some mini chocolate chips to resemble watermelon seeds.
Recipe Notes
Store these cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days. If using cream cheese frosting, refrigerate them for freshness, consuming within four days.