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A cupcake with swirled blue, pink, and white colors, topped with white frosting, red sprinkles, and a gold-striped straw, set against a light blue background.

Unicorn Frappuccino Cupcakes

Jell-O flavoured vanilla cupcakes with raspberry flavoured frosting inspired by a Starbucks Frappuccino.
5 from 2 votes
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20
Calories 320 kcal

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

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.

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Notes

Cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.

Nutrition

Calories:320kcal | Carbohydrates:28g | Protein:4g | Fat:22g | Saturated Fat:15g | Trans Fat:1g | Cholesterol:55mg | Sodium:157mg | Potassium:113mg | Fiber:1g | Sugar:10g | Vitamin A:585IU | Vitamin C:1mg | Calcium:111mg | Iron:1mg
Keyword Kids, Rainbow, Drinks
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