Celebrate Mardi Gras right in your own kitchen with rich, vibrant, fancy cupcakes. Vanilla cupcakes with colorful buttercream frosting and topped with Mardi Gras decorations.
Whisk together the eggs and vanilla in a separate bowl.
In another medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and pale with a stand mixer or by hand.
Add the dry ingredients ⅓ at a time into the bowl, alternating with ⅓ of the milk, mixing between each addition, along with the sour cream.
Mix the batter together until combined.
Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Using a large batter scoop, scoop the cupcake batter into 12 cupcake liners.
Bake cupcakes for about 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Pull out of the oven. Cool completely on a wire rack before icing.
Buttercream Frosting
Add the butter to a mixing bowl, and beat it for 5 minutes or until it is light and doubled in size with a stand mixer or by hand.
Add the vanilla, and gradually add the powdered sugar and milk, ½ cup at a time, beating well between each addition.
Beat the mixture for another 8-10 minutes.
Divide buttercream evenly into 2 or 3 bowls, depending on how many different colored frostings you want to make. Using a different color for each bowl, add a few drops of food coloring into buttercream and mix until you reach the desired color.
Cut about 1 inch from the tip of the piping bag and insert metal tip.
With a spatula or large serving spoon, scoop buttercream into large piping bags.
Pipe frosting on top of the cupcakes with a circular motion. Decorate the finished cupcakes with Mardi Gras cupcake toppers.
Notes
To thin out the icing, add in the milk slowly and gradually.