Cajun and Creole Recipes
King Cake Cupcakes with Creole
Cream Cheese and Root Beer Frosting
King cake gets the royal treatment with this pint-sized take on the New Orleans Carnival classic. King Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese and Root Beer Frosting are perfect for Mardi-Gras parties.
Prep: 1 hr | Cook: 15 min | Yield: 12 (1 cupcake) servings
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
Creole Cream Cheese and Root Beer Frosting
- 8 ounces Creole Cream Cheese or regular cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Zatarain's® Root Beer Extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cupcakes
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
- Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds or until softened.
- Add granulated sugar and vanilla extract; beat until light and fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl frequently.
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
- Alternately beat in flour mixture and milk on medium-low speed just until mixed.
- Spoon batter into 12 lightly greased or paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into cupcake comes out clean.
- Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely.
Creole Cream Cheese and Root Beer Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Add confectioners' sugar and root beer extract; beat until fluffy. Set aside.
Assembly
- Make an indentation in the center of each cupcake using the handle of a wooden spoon or a straw, making sure not to break through bottom of cupcake.
- Spoon Frosting into resealable plastic bag or piping bag fitted with star tip. If using plastic bag, cut a small piece off one of the bottom corners of bag. Pipe a small amount of Frosting into each cupcake. Pipe remaining Frosting onto each cupcake.
- Sprinkle with colored sugar, if desired.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Zatarain's