Easy Funfetti Cupcakes recipe. Birthday cake flavoured cupcakes filled with sprinkles and topped with the best buttercream. Perfect birthday dessert idea.
Okay, so these photos didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked, but I needed to share them with you. Like now.
Maybe I will go back when I have the time and reshoot these cupcakes, but for now, this is what you get.
And what you get a seriously fail-proof recipe that is perfect to bring to a birthday. Plus extra fun with the addition of sprinkle!
So it was my birthday on Friday, which means that I got to celebrate being one year older. Not as exciting now that I am out of high school.
I turned 27, so does this technically mean I am in my late 20s? Or can we extend mid-twenties to include 27? That way I can have an ageing meltdown next year instead of right now.
My students didn’t help either. One of them came up to me and asked “so how old are you now? You don’t look a day above 12”. Just to put this into perspective, the student that said that was 18. So not sure if this is a backhanded compliment or if she was being genuine.
But to be honest, I don’t know which one I would prefer.
For my birthday, I made myself some cupcakes the day before. You know, in case John forgot about my birthday. Which would be awful, mainly because my birthday is the same day as his brother’s.
But to my surprise, John made me a layered cake for dessert. And it was actually really pretty. Now we have a cake and 14 cupcakes and only 2 people in our little apartment.
Not that I’m really complaining. It is my birthday week after all. 🎂
What you need to make Funfetti Cupcakes
You don’t need much other than pantry staples to make these cupcakes. All you need is:
- milk
- vinegar
- flour
- baking powder
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- vanilla
- sprinkles
- powdered sugar
This Funfetti Cupcakes is a recipe that I will be making and remaking for a long time. I made these same cupcakes for a couple of my students with birthdays recently, and I got no complaints.
Usually I like to top the frosting with extra sprinkles, but I just want to warn you that that may get messy. I was cleaning out sprinkles from all of the nooks and crannies in my house the day after. But I think it was totally worth it.
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Funfetti Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 Tbsp white vinegar
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
Buttercream
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup salted butter, softened
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 Tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line two muffin tins with paper liners (makes 14).
- In a small bowl, mix together 3/4 cup milk and the vinegar. Set aside to "sour".
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and the baking powder.
- In a separate bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract.
- Mix in the dry ingredients and the sour milk, alternating between the two until fully incorporated.
- Divide the mixture into the prepared muffin pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool on wire racks.
- Meanwhile, cream together all of the buttercream ingredients until smooth. Pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.
We love funfetti desserts! There is something totally fun about eating sprinkles. Funfetti cupcakes are always a big hit!
I 100% agree!!
The cupcakes look so cute and I bet they are delicious! It’s so nice of your husband to make you a cake, of course he didn’t forget about your birthday. This kind of dates are too important to be forgotten. 🙂
Haha, thanks Joanna! But now we have so many desserts, I am not sure we can eat them all!
Yum! I just love things with sprinkles. These look so fantastic. Have a great birthday week!
Thanks Amber! Sprinkles make everything better 🙂
Oooh these look so good! I want them! I haven’t baked in ages and I am kind of missing that so these would be perfect to start again!
You should definitely start again!
I think these cupcakes are adorable and they turned out well in the pictures, no need to do a re-shoot! It’s better to look younger in my opinion. Lol. I do hope you had a lovely time celebrating your birthday! Happy birthday!
Thanks Karen! I guess I will be sad the day I stop getting IDed or being told how young I look
Hands up I love a good cupcake and these are such fun little ones. I most definitely need to try making some funfetti cupcakes myself.
Thanks Sarah! I hope you try it!
I love cupcakes. I love funfetti cupcakes even more. This is a great recipe. Thanks for sharing.
They are some of the best cupcakes 😉
This funfetti cupcakes look so good! I like it because it taste nice.
Thanks Emmanuel!
I love to bake but I haven’t tried funfetti cupcakes. Thanks for sharing this cupcake recipe. My kids would love it.
I’m sure they would. Thanks Hannah!
In my next hosting event, I will definitely do these party ideas. These are all so cool!
Thanks Hannah! I hope you give them a try!
I love funfetti cakes and cupcakes. They always look so pretty and colorful.Good thinking on keeping the frosting simple
Thanks Dana! Love me a good staple frosting recipe 🙂
Those funfetti looks so fun! Love the colors and for sure the kids will love them! Not to mention it’s not that crazily difficult to make them..
So true! I hope you try them out!
Im thinking these funfetti cupcakes would go perfect with my daughters unicorn theme party 😀 Ill keep. you posted! Thank you for sharing
Thanks Valarie! Let me know how it goes!
You can NOT go wrong with funfetti! Great recipe those cupcakes look very appetizing.
Thanks!
Funfetti cupcakes are a good idea. I’ve only had the cake but it was good too (of course).
Thanks! I totally agree. I will take it in any form 😉
I haven’t had a cupcake in forever and this just gave me a major craving! These would be perfect for a party.
It really would. Thanks Natalie!
Your husband is so sweet! I love how thoughtful he is. I am sure you felt so much love. Lol. Happy Birthday and I will be copying your recipe so I can share it with my colleagues too.
Thanks! Let me know how it goes!
Hey it’s my birthday week as well! Can you make me some of these, lol! Kidding I will try them out with your awesome recipe!
Hey! Happy birthday!! Let me know how it goes!
I’m not a big fan of cupcakes but I like sprinkles on toppings. These looks so good I bet it taste delicious. I’ll pass this recipe to my sister. She likes making cupcakes.
They aren’t for everybody. I hope your sister likes them!
Happy birthday Cathleen!!! And I think your photos are beautiful! There’s something so fun about ‘funfetti’ cupcakes, isn’t it? Must be the sprinkles 😉 Have a lovely weekend!
Thanks Dawn! I love funfetti cupcakes 🙂
i love a funfetti cake. I love funetti and this will be perfect for my bday in 5 days!
I hope you try it. Happy Birthday!!
Oh you can’t go wrong with funfetti. These cupcakes look so good. I’ve only ever made funfetti cupcakes via a box but def giving this recipe a go. Thanks!!
They don’t sell the boxes in Canada, so this is my only option!
The pictures look fine and the cupcakes look yummy. Looking at the ingredients, I don’t think I’ve ever seen vinegar in a cake recipe. I love the swirl of the frosting. I need to get my decor skills up on my cakes…lol.
The vinegar is to make a soured milk kind of thing as a substitute for buttermilk. I know a lot of my readers don’t always have buttermilk on hand, so I don’t want to make them think they need to go out and buy some.
Good to know! I learned something. 😊
I love cupcakes and these look so pretty! I find the recipe easy and I will definitely try it! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Georgia! I hope you try it!
These are so pretty and perfect for a party. Happy (late) Birthday 😀
Thank you so much Emma 🙂
Hi! I am making this tomorrow and I am so excited! Looking at the recipe I was just wondering if the sprinkles are to be added in with the flour or folded in when it’s all mixed together??
I fold it in after it is all mixed together. I would love to know how this turns out for you!
Thank you! That is what I ended up doing, it seemed to make more sense haha. They were delicious! They are my boyfriend’s favorite flavor and he said they were better than his moms! 🤭🤫 I will definitely be saving this recipe!
Oh wow, what a compliment! I am glad you and your boyfriend enjoyed them! 🙂
Oooh these look so good! I want them! I haven’t baked in ages and I am kind of missing that so these would be perfect to start again!
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Let me know if you give them a go 🙂