These amazing creations will knock your socks off! Yes, you need to make cupcakes, brownies and 2 types of frosting, but it is SOOO worth it! If I could eat one kind of cupcake for the rest of my life, these Extreme Cake Batter Brownie Cupcakes would be my choice!
You won’t know what you’re missing until you make them! So grab a kid or a friend and get baking!!
You may have noticed, we LOVE cupcakes! Here are some of my favorite cupcake creations:
Daisy Duck Cupcakes with Homemade Vanilla Frosting – These cute Daisy Duck Cupcakes are super adorbs and a tribute to Daisy Duck. They feature cute fondant ears, bows and daisies with a homemade vanilla frosting! They are perfect for Disney-themed birthday parties and more!
Fun UFO Cupcakes – The kids will squeal in delight over these fun UFO Cupcakes! How can they not?! This easy UFO Cupcake recipe starts with a boxed cake mix and then you create the alien decoration. It is easy, fun, and oh so cute!
Red Velvet Cupcakes with homemade Cream Cheese Frosting – These Decadent Red Velvet Cupcakes are the key to their Heart! Want to impress your spouse, kids, or significant other?? Make these beautiful Red Velvet Cupcakes!
Ingredients and Supplies needed for this fun cupcakes:
Chocolate Cupcakes Ingredients:
- 1 box of Triple chocolate cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ¼ C water
- ½ C canola oil
- cupcake pan
- cupcake liners
Funfetti Cupcakes ingredients:
- 1 box funfetti cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C water
- ½ C oil
Chocolate Frosting ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 2 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 large piping bag, fitted with a star tip
Fudge brownies Ingredients:
- 1 box of chocolate fudge brownies
- Eggs
- Water
- Oil
- 9×13 baking pan
- Chocolate sauce
Cake Batter Frosting Ingredients:
- ½ C white cake mix
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 3 C powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- ¼ C confetti sprinkles
Directions to make and assemble your Cupcakes:
Directions to bake the Cake Batter Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
Using two large bowls, beat ingredients for both cake mixes (1 in each bowl) until combined
Scoop 1 tbsp of chocolate cake batter into the cupcake liners then scoop 1 tbsp of the funfetti cake batter into the same cupcake liners
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full
Put in the oven and bake for 22 minutes
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.
Chocolate Frosting Directions:
Using a stand mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed
Brownie Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9×13 baking pan with parchment paper
Follow the directions on the back of the brownie box and prepare the brownie batter
Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely
Cake Batter Frosting Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a standing mixer and beat until combined and smooth and stiff
Assembling the cupcakes:
Cut brownies into squares
Drizzle chocolate sauce onto the brownies
Pipe a ring of frosting onto the top of the cupcake
Carefully place the brownie on top of the frosting
Scoop a dollop of the cake batter frosting on top
Enjoy with a BIG OL’ GLASS OF MILK!
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Extreme Cake Batter Brownie Cupcakes
These cupcakes are a genius combination of your favorite sweets: brownies, cake batter and cupcakes!
Ingredients
- Chocolate Cupcakes Ingredients:
- 1 box of Triple chocolate cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ¼ C water
- ½ C canola oil
- cupcake pan
- cupcake liners
- Funfetti Cupcakes ingredients:
- 1 box funfetti cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C water
- ½ C oil
- Chocolate Frosting ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 2 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 large piping bag, fitted with a star tip
- Fudge brownies Ingredients:
- 1 box of chocolate fudge brownies
- Eggs
- Water
- Oil
- 9x13 baking pan
- Chocolate sauce
- Cake Batter Frosting Ingredients:
- ½ C white cake mix
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 3 C powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- ¼ C confetti sprinkles
Instructions
Directions to bake the Cake Batter Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
Using two large bowls, beat ingredients for both cake mixes (1 in each bowl) until combined
Scoop 1 tbsp of chocolate cake batter into the cupcake liners then scoop 1 tbsp of the funfetti cake batter into the same cupcake liners
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full
Put in the oven and bake for 22 minutes
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.
Chocolate Frosting Directions:
Using a stand mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed
Brownie Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper
Follow the directions on the back of the brownie box and prepare the brownie batter
Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely
Cake Batter Frosting Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a standing mixer and beat until combined and smooth and stiff
Assembling the cupcakes:
Cut brownies into squares
Drizzle chocolate sauce onto the brownies
Pipe a ring of frosting onto the top of the cupcake
Carefully place the brownie on top of the frosting
Scoop a dollop of the cake batter frosting on top
Enjoy with a BIG OL' GLASS OF MILK!
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