These Funfetti Birthday Cupcakes are perfect for any birthday party! Simple to make, no boxed mixes required, and perfectly moist and fluffy.
Make it a happy birthday with these fun, colorful cupcakes. They are easy to make, and perfectly soft and delicious. If you are looking for a Funfetti Cake, be sure to check out my recipe for an entire 3 layer Funfetti Cake.
What kind of sprinkles should I use?
You can use any kind of regular jimmy sprinkle. A rainbow mix is the traditional choice, but you can feel free to mix and match to your liking, or the liking of the birthday boy or girl. DO NOT use nonpareil sprinkles when making funfetti birthday cupcakes as they tend to bleed and dissolve.
What flavor is funfetti?
Funfetti is a a vanilla cake with colorful sprinkles mixed in. It has a strong vanilla flavor.
How full should I fill my cupcake liners?
For this recipe, only fill your cupcake liners half of the way full. These cupcakes will rise quite a bit!
What kind of frosting should I use?
As written, this recipe uses a plain vanilla buttercream. You can use any kind of frosting you’d like for these including chocolate buttercream or a chocolate or vanilla cream cheese frosting. There are many different kinds of frostings that pair well with funfetti cake.
What tip should I use on my piping bag?
The tip that you use on your piping bag will different designs to your frosting as it is squeezed out. If you choose to add sprinkles to your frosting, you will need a very wide opening on your tip to allow the sprinkles to pass through. If you want to use a tip with a smaller opening, DO NOT add sprinkles to your frosting.
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Watch the video below where we will walk you through every step of the recipe with a video demonstration.
Do you sift the flour then measure it or measure then sift it for this recipe?
This recipe does not use sifted flour.
I made theses for a bridal shower, I made 2 batches. One with the sprinkles and one without due to a soy allergy. I dyed the frosting purple bc it is the bride’s favorite color. Everyone loved them! The bride asked me to make them for the wedding!!
My husband and I made these for my grandson’s classroom, and they were delicious and very pretty! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Mine are a bit dry, any suggestions? I bake often and followed this to a T, noticed they were a lot thicker than normal cupcake batter…trying to figure out what I did wrong.
Help! I was trying to prepare things ahead of time for a family BBQ and I put all dry ingredients together and now I’ve realised I needed to cream the butter and sugar together; is my batter going to be ruined? Could I still just beat the butter until light and fluffy and then do the all in one method?
I’ve never seen a cake and frosting require salted butter.
How does it taste in comparison to unsalted?
Is the salt required in the recipe adjusted to accommodate the salted butter?
Many thanks!
Excited to try the recipe this Thursday. 🙂
A lot of home cooks have salted butter on hand so I like to design my recipes for that whenever possible. Unsalted vs salted won’t make much of a difference in a recipe like this, but yes, everything is adjusted for it.
I had to double the recipe to get 24. I needed 48 but when I doubled, I only got 26. Other than that it is very tasty, and would bake again.
These are the best cupcakes I’ve ever had. The buttercream frosting tasted so much better than even the best and most popular cupcakes I’ve had in New York City.
Thank you!
Hi, can this recipe be used to make a big cake too? Would I need to change the measurements amounts? Thanks
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They came out so beautifully!