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Seriously Adorable Watermelon Cupcake Recipe

10/09/2015 By Olfa TurkiCategories: Party Ideas for Kids, Party Supplies, Recipes

Looking for a fun cupcakes recipe for teens? Check out these beautiful watermelon cupcakes that will instantly invoke images of those summer BBQs!

Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still relish in some of the best parts of it!

This delicious watermelon cupcakes recipe totally invokes images of all those lazy summer BBQs with your bff.

Plus, since it just LOOKS like a watermelon, you don’t have to worry about finding in-season fruit to make it!

It’s absolutely perfect for a winter luau party, don’t you think?

How to Make This Watermelon Cupcakes Recipe

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Watermelon Cupcakes

 


Ingredients:

  • 1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp
  • 2 egg whites, room temp
  • 2 eggs, room temp
  • 2 C flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 C buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 C sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 C mini Chocolate chips
  • Red gel food coloring

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Set up the cupcake pan with liners.
  • Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
  • In a separate large mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high for 30 seconds.
  • Add sugar, vanilla, and almond extract to the butter and beat until combined.
  • Add egg whites, and then eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Alternate adding the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is mixed together.
  • Add several drops of red gel food coloring until the batter looks like watermelon red.
  • Add the mini chocolate chips.  Stir well.
  • Fill the cupcake tins till they are  2/3rds with cake batter.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Allow cupcakes to cool in the cupcake pan for 10 minutes then remove and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

Frosting:

Looking for a fun cupcakes recipe for teens? Check out these beautiful watermelon cupcakes that will instantly invoke images of those summer BBQs!

Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temp
  • 4-5 C powdered sugar
  • 4-5 TBSP of heavy whipping cream
  • Green  gel food coloring

Directions:

  • Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
  • If it doesn’t cream add the heavy whipping cream.
  • Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a large spoonful and turning the spoon upside down.  If the frosting doesn’t fall it is ready. If the frosting does fall off the spoon then….
  • Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time.
  • Test to make sure that the frosting can make and hold a stiff peak.
  • When frosting is ready, add several drops of green gel food coloring.( Color should be a pastel green  color to look like a rind of a watermelon.)  Stir well to blend both the extract and the food coloring throughout the frosting.
  • Scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large frosting tip and frost your cupcakes.


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Do you have a favorite cupcake recipe for teens? Share it in the comments!


Tagged With: cupcake recipe, party food, party recipes, recipes for teens

About Olfa Turki

Olfa Turki is a chartered accountant, a wife and a mom! She started her journey a few years ago when she decided to have a business of her own . She loves cooking with the kids, biking, reading books and drinking lots of coffee!

Comments

  1. Lady Lilith says

    10/11/2015 at 12:27 am

    This looks like such a fun idea. A great way to end a summer bbq.

  2. Toughcookiemommy says

    10/11/2015 at 11:14 pm

    These watermelon cupcakes looks really good and would be perfect for any party event. I have to try to make them for my sons to see what they think.

  3. Rocio Chavez says

    10/12/2015 at 3:14 pm

    OMG so cute! I totally want one now 😀

  4. Yonca says

    10/14/2015 at 3:08 pm

    Wonderful idea! They all look really good. My son loves eveything with watermelon.

  5. Elizabeth O. says

    10/15/2015 at 12:00 am

    This looks so lovely! I bet it tastes just as good as it looks. I wish I was skilled enough to do something as pretty as this.

  6. Diana says

    10/15/2015 at 11:03 am

    These look delicious! They would be a great addition to a garden themed party! Pinning for furture use!

  7. Life as a Convert says

    10/16/2015 at 12:25 am

    These look really fun to make. I bet they taste great too!

  8. Kim~madeinaday says

    10/19/2015 at 4:02 pm

    How yummy! Pinned to my tween Board & Shared on G+! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Have a great week!
    Kim

  9. Cristina says

    10/20/2015 at 4:38 pm

    how cute are these! Pinned it! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday Linky Party!

  10. Eileen Kelly says

    11/09/2015 at 6:52 pm

    What a fantastic recipe for cupcakes – they look delcious

  11. Brandy M says

    11/10/2015 at 11:13 am

    These are seriously cute and I can even do them! That says a lot! I can’t wait to try them out!

  12. harriet says

    11/10/2015 at 1:28 pm

    I love this idea. I am going to try this sometime.

  13. Saidah Washington says

    11/10/2015 at 2:31 pm

    These look delicious and the recipe is so simple

  14. Liz Mays says

    11/10/2015 at 5:19 pm

    That is a really cute cupcake design. I love the pink and green — so happy!

  15. chastity says

    11/10/2015 at 9:19 pm

    These are the cutest cupcakes! I want one now:)

  16. Annemarie LeBlanc says

    11/11/2015 at 8:31 am

    These cupcakes would be perfect as a holiday give away treat! I would seriously consider making them. Who would say “no” to a cupcake? Thanks for sharing the recipe!

  17. christina aliperti says

    11/15/2015 at 10:54 pm

    I love these! My son like S’mores cupcakes and anything with vanilla such as vanilla caramel. I love how your frosting is so fluffy.

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