Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes
Each year Starbucks releases fun and seasonal drinks, which is what this Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes is inspired by!. One of my favorite ones was during the unicorn trend with the release of their Unicorn Frappuccinos! That’s what these delicious vanilla and jello flavored Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes cupcakes are inspired by!
What do Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes taste like?
My Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes not only look exactly like the drink but in cupcake form! I decided to flavor them with blue and red jello crystals on top. I think both are raspberry flavored. The mountain of frosting on top of whipped cream just like the drink. And if that’s not delicious-sounding enough they’re filled with raspberry goo (see recipe for how to make this delicious filling)!
Although Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes aren’t going to keep you cool during warmer weather, they’ll certainly keep you looking cool. Can you imagine eating these beach or poolside?
My Favourite thing about them…
Is just how close they look to the real thing! I love how creative Starbucks drinks can be. And I love how colorful these cupcakes are. Now I come to think of it, the pink and blue colors go so perfectly well together and these would make for some super cute gender reveal desserts!
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N x
Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes
Serves 20
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 3 1/2 cups / 430 g plain, all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups / 265 g caster, superfine sugar
- 3 tsp / 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp / 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 cup / 125 g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 / 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups / 375 ml full-cream, whole milk
- 1/2 cup / 125 ml vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp / 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt, or sour cream
- 1 tsp / 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- 2 / 2 drops blue food gel
- 2 / 2 drops pink food gel
- 3 tbsp / 3 tbsp blue jello powder + extra to sprinkle
- 3 tbsp / 3 tbsp raspberry jello powder
- Freeze dried raspberry to sprinkle, crushed to a powder
Pink filling
- 1 cup / 250 ml sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp / 1 tsp raspberry essence
- 2 / 2 drops pink food gel
Frosting
- 2 1/4 cups / 600 ml heavy cream
- 3 tbsp / 3 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp / 1 tsp vanilla extract
Learn How To Make it! [VIDEO]
Instructions
Pink filling
- Combine sweetened condensed milk, raspberry essence and pink food gel in a bowl. Mix until well combined and then transfer to a piping bag. Set aside.
Cupcakes
- Preheat a fan-forced oven to 160C (320F) or 180C (356F) for a conventional oven. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt. Turn mixer on low speed and allow it to mix for a couple minutes to help everything combine well (alternatively you may do this by sifting the ingredients together). Add the softened butter and let it mix until it resembles a fine sand like texture.
- Next, add milk, eggs, yogurt, oil and vanilla extract in a large jug and whisk well.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients in a slow and steady stream until no dry ingredients are visible. Scrape down the bowl and mix for another 20 seconds.
- Split batter into two bowls. One with 1/3 and the other with 2/3. Add blue food dye and blue jelly powder to the bowl with 1/3 and mix until well combined. Add pink food dye and raspberry jelly powder to the other and mix until well combined.
- Add the blue batter to a piping bag and pipe zig zags on the inside of white cupcake liners.
- Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 of the way (using an ice cream scoop to transfer the batter into the cupcake liners makes this a quick and easy process otherwise you can use two tablespoons).
- Bake for 20-25 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow them to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before frosting.
Frosting
- Add cream, condensed milk and vanilla extract into a large mixing bowl and whip to stiff peaks using a hand mixer.
- To finish cupcakes core the centre and fill with strawberry filling. Next, fit the end of a piping bag with a Wilton 1M piping tip and frost a swirl on top.
- Finish off with a sprinkle of blue jelly and crushed, freeze dried raspberries.
Notes
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2 comments
Wow this looks amazing 🥰
Thanks Momo! N x