Think spring with these quaint cupcakes, completed with an ombre cake finish and pastel pink frosting.
Pastel Angel Food Cupcakes
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 26
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup cake flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups egg whites (about 12 large)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Yellow, red and green liquid food color
Pink Fluffy Frosting
- 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
- 4 drops red food color
Instructions
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Step1Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 375°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 26 regular-size muffin cups.
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Step2In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and flour; set aside. In large bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer on medium speed until foamy. Beat in granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, on high speed, adding vanilla, almond extract and salt with the last addition of sugar. Continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat.
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Step3Sprinkle powdered sugar-flour mixture, 1/4 cup at a time, over egg white mixture, folding in with rubber spatula just until sugar-flour mixture disappears.
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Step4Divide batter among 3 bowls. Carefully fold a few drops yellow food color into 1 bowl until desired shade. Repeat with red and green food color and remaining batter. In each muffin cup, spoon 2 tablespoons of each color batter next to each other; using knife, make “S” motion through batters to swirl.
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Step5Bake 5 to 20 minutes or until cracks in cupcakes feel dry and tops spring back when touched lightly. Remove from pan to cooling racks to cool.
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Step6Use one can of Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting- and mix with 4 drops of red food color. Frost cupcakes.
Nutrition
110
Calories
0g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
25g
Total Carbohydrate
20g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 25g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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