Marble Cupcakes / F_A / CC BY
These marble cupcakes really hit the bulls eye topped with creamy vanilla and chocolate buttercream frosting! Marble cake has so many different versions, but we’ve never done it before with marbled icing. This recipe is easy peasy, and you probably already have all the ingredients in your pantry!
The ORIGINAL Marble Cupcakes With Buttercream Frosting – Super Easy!
Ingredients:
For Cupcakes
- 2/3 Cups unsalted butter
- 2/3 Cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- ½ Tsp salt
- 1 1/2 Cups flour
- 2 Tsp baking powder
- 1 Tsp baking soda
- 50 ml of milk
- 2 Tsp vanilla extract
- 3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
For Chocolate and Vanilla Icing
- 1 Cup butter
- 450g Philadelphia cream cheese, chopped into chunks
- 8 Cups icing sugar
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 60g Cocoa powder
- 1 Tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
To Make Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 356F and line cupcake tray with cupcake cups. Using an electric mixer, whip butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in eggs, milk, and vanilla extract. Slowly mix in flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda until well combined.
- Place half of the mixture in another bowl and add the cocoa powder to one of the bowls.
- Spoon a bit of the vanilla and a bit of the chocolate batter into your cupcake cups and use a knife to carefully wiggle through your cupcake. Bake for about 20 minutes.
To Make Icing
- Using an electric mixer, whip butter until light and fluffy. Slowly add in cream cheese chunks and whip just until combined, being careful to not over-mix.
- Slowly add in icing sugar and milk. Divide icing into two bowls and in one add the vanilla extract and in the other add the cocoa powder. Now add vanilla extract or Cocoa powder and mix until well combined.
- Place icing into a piping bag and pipe your cupcakes!