Popping Candy Cupcakes- Sponsored Post

If you are a lover of retro candy then you will just love this recipe! This is because – as the name suggests – it features that nostalgic, crackling treat that is popping candy.

Not the first baking ingredient that might spring to mind perhaps, but if you try this recipe you will see how well it can work with classic cupcakes. So, let’s take a quick look at what you are going to need to create these tasty treats:

What you need

Cupcakes:

1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup vegetable oil

5 tablespoons butter

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 3/4 cups cake flour

2 extra-large whole eggs

3 large egg yolks

2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/3 cup buttermilk, shaken

Popping candy buttercream:

8 tablespoons unsalted sweet cream butter, softened

2 to 3 cups powdered sugar, well sifted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 to 3 teaspoons cream, as needed

Popping candy

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake trays. Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt and put to one side. Then mix together butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy. After that you need to beat in the eggs, followed by vanilla extract and vegetable oil. Fold in the flour mixture with buttermilk. It’s now time to fill your cupcake liners three quarters full before baking for 8-10 minutes.

To make the popping candy buttercream mix together the butter and vanilla extract until smooth, before adding the sugar to taste. Then, one teaspoon at a time, beat in the cream. Finally once your cupcakes are iced sprinkle on the all important popping candy for the perfect finish – then enjoy!

This recipe was brought to you by our sponsor More Sweets.