Yellow cupcakes are decorated with a classic buttercream frosting, colored pink. These Baby Girl Cupcakes are the perfect thing to serve at a baby shower or birthday party!
So the news I mentioned the other day….I’m pregnant! TheBetterHalf and I are expecting a sweet baby girl, due on March 28. We are absolutely thrilled, and can’t wait to start this next chapter of our lives. I have been dying to share the news with all of you, and wanted to celebrate with the girliest treat I could think of – Baby Girl Cupcakes – aka yellow cupcakes with pink buttercream frosting.
You might have noticed that I have been kind of absent from the blog the past few months, and now I can finally explain! The first trimester was no joke. I felt so sick pretty much all the time – actually eating something was hard enough, let alone cooking or baking it myself! I’ve never been more thankful for food delivery. NYC is pretty much a pregnant lady’s dream city – you can get absolutely anything you want delivered to you at any time of day. Plus I was just exhausted all the time. It took everything I had to get out of bed in the morning and drag myself to work, so the blog was the first thing that got pushed to the backburner (followed by seeing friends, exercising, cleaning the house…pretty much all I did for 6 weeks was work and sleep!)
And…this is shocking…I lost my sweet tooth!!! That might have been the most alarming side effect of all! Luckily now that I’m in my second trimester, my sweet tooth is back and so is some of my energy. I probably won’t be posting 2-3 times a week like I used to, but I am hoping to get back to a post or two a week. And what a perfect time of year to come back to blogging, with the holidays just around the corner. I love making fall food and baking holiday treats!
This is such a classic cupcake recipe – they are so simple to make and taste delicious. You can frost them with any kind of icing you like, but I went for a simple and classic buttercream frosting, colored pink in honor of my baby girl! These would be the perfect treat to serve at a baby shower or a little girl’s birthday party!
I used a Wilton Star Tip No. 21 to decorate these cupcakes with a simple swirl. I also played around with another design here:
I liked the swirl better, but included a picture of the other way because I think it is kind of fun too!
To all of my pregnant and mommy blog friends and readers – any tips for me?! Can’t wait to talk to all of you about this incredible journey.
Yellow cupcakes are decorated with a classic buttercream frosting, colored pink. These Baby Girl Cupcakes are the perfect thing to serve at a baby shower or birthday party!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (7 ½ ounces)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (7 ounces)
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature
- ½ cup Greek yogurt, room temperature
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 large egg yolk, room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4-5 cups confectioners (powdered) sugar
- dash salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 Tablespoons heavy cream
- few drops red food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line a 12-count muffin/cupcake tin with paper liners.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat together butter, yogurt, egg, egg yolks and vanilla until just combined. Add the flour mixture and beat at medium speed until smooth, about 30 seconds - this is a thick batter. Use a rubber spatula to give the batter one final mix.
- Divide the batter evenly among cups, filling each up about 2/3 full. Bake until cupcake tops are light golden brown and a toothpick inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 18 - 22 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
- In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Add 3 cups of powdered sugar and beat until well combined. Add salt, vanilla, 1 cup of powdered sugar and 1 T heavy cream and beat until well combined, smooth, and creamy. Add more powdered sugar or cream until desired consistency is reached. Add food coloring and mix well.
- Frost the cupcakes as desired - I used a Wilton Star Tip No. 21 to make my swirl. To do this, snip off the end of a plastic food storage bag, and place the tip in the bag so that it comes out of the hole (or use a pastry bag). Fill the bag with frosting, and twist the top well to seal the bag. Squeeze the frosting on the cupcakes in a circular motion, starting from the outside and working your way to the cetner.
Notes
Recipe adapted from America's Test Kitchen
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Yay! So glad the cat is out of the bag now! Can’t wait to throw you your virtual baby shower! Congrats to you and your growing family! ?
Congratulations to you both! A sweet baby girl, how exciting! ?
How exciting! Congratulations, Cate! These cupcakes are too cute and perfect for celebrating! 🙂
Congrats! Ya my first trimester with my son was the exact same way and it definitely went noticed that I was not blogging haha. We just had a little girl last month so lots of pink going on around here. Love the cupcakes for this occasion!
congrats! that’s so exciting!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What an exciting time 🙂 I am so, so happy for you guys, and these pink cupcakes are just about the most adorable announcement ever! Baby girls are SO MUCH fun!!!
Congratulations! I don’t think my sweet tooth ever ended even during pregnancy… Haha. I am sure you will have some crazy cravings to share with us!
Yay!! So freaking excited for you dear. Congratulations to you both!!
WOOHOOOO!!!!!!! So happy for you both! Baby girls are the best… but then again, I’m kinda partial 🙂 Asheley was the same exact way almost throughout her entire pregnancy… no appetite, “morning sickness” all day long. It was rough on her. Luckily I did the job for both of us and gained lots of sympathy weight HAHA
These are so pretty and I bet they taste even better. This was the perfect way to celebrate and I truly think these pink cupcakes are good for all occasions, but especially for little baby girls on the way. 🙂 CONGRATULATIONS! Excited for updates until she arrives!
Congratulations!!! We are so happy for you both!! We love girls, as you know we have 3!
Fondly, Claire’s Aunt Jane
Congrats to you both! Such an exciting time – so happy for you, Cate! ☺️
I’m so glad I got to hear the news in person! Congratulations Cate this is such wonderful news! And cupcakes are always the best way to celebrate 🙂 I can’t wait to see what other treats you bake up for the holidays – and for cute baby bump shots 🙂
Congratulations! That’s so exciting! I’m sorry to hear about the rough first trimester but I’m happy to hear things are getting better. The cupcakes sound delicious.
Hooray Cate! Very exciting news. Bummer that the first trimester was rough but hoping its smooth sailing from here on in. Also I am very relieved your sweet tooth came back – how scary! haha Gorgeous cupcakes too!!!
YAY YAY YAYYYYYYYY!!!! CONGRATS on your lil baby girl!!!! You’re gonna be such a great mom 😀 and these cupcakes are the cutest, sweetest, best way to celebrate/announce it!
Wow!! This is amazing news!! Congratulations to you and your husband, and I am so glad to hear you are through the first trimester and feeling good again. 🙂
First of all, congratulations!!! Being a Mom is the BEST thing in the world 🙂 Secondly, these cupcakes look so amazing!! Great lighting and photos too 🙂
Congratulations!! How exiting, and what great news you are expecting a baby girl! These cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate.
Congrats! How exciting! I have one boy, a 2-year old. Looking back on pregnancy, I wish I would have known that it’s okay to hit the easy button every now and then! Take care of yourself and give yourself a few passes for those days (or months) where you just aren’t feeling yourself!
Oh Em Gee! I missed the news! Congratulations that is so very exciting!!!!
I’m SO excited for you, Cate!! Congratulations! My youngest’s birthday is March 31st. It’s a great time of year to have a baby 🙂 These cupcakes are a perfect treat to celebrate. So glad you’re starting to feel better! xoxo
Oh my gosh, congratulations, girl! So happy and excited for you guys!!! Baby girls are the sweetest and so are these cupcakes!
Congratulations, you two! I’m sorry that you had a rough go of things in the first trimester, but it sounds as though you are back on track now. These cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate!
Cate! Congratulations to you and Anthony! I’m so happy for you and can’t wait to hear more! xo
Thank you so much, Katie! We are so excited for our little girl!