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Home » Heavenly White Chocolate Buttercream Frosted Vanilla Butter Cupcakes

Heavenly White Chocolate Buttercream Frosted Vanilla Butter Cupcakes

December 29, 2014 By Kim Lange 15 Comments

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 Ready for some Heavenly? White Chocolate?  Buttercream? Vanilla?  Butter?
(umm...yeah ALWAYS!)
If you are...Be prepared to be dazzled!

You'll most likely end up with this end result!  That's a good thing! 

Let me start with explaining this Vanilla Butter Cake.

It really does have real melted butter and vanilla extract in it.  What you probably don't know is, these cupcakes are actually made with a Vanilla cake mix, but we changed it up so it would taste more 'heavenly' and even added in some buttermilk.  Buttermilk adds  rich taste and texture to the cupcakes.  

I added in extra eggs too...well egg whites, that is.  You can add regular eggs or egg whites.  I used egg whites so the cake would be completely white.  But if you used the egg yolks, then you could pass it off as a yellow cake too, right? 

So literally speaking, the icing on the cake?!  Holy freakin' CoW!!!  This White Chocolate Buttercream is just as it says, 'Heav-en-ly'!!! Real white chocolate, butter, confectioners sugar and vanilla extract all whipped together and so creamy!  It's gettin' HOT in HERE! 🙂

Put these two dazzlers together and you've got Double Heaven, if there is such a thing?  Which, if it isn't such a thing, it is now a thing.  I just created it. 🙂

Why don't you 'dazzle' your crew up on New Year's?  These would be adorable even at a wedding anniversary or shower!  You could even make them super cute mini, just reduce the time and set the timer to 10-12 minutes, I'm guessing.

 

Heavenly White Chocolate Frosted Vanilla Butter Cupcakes

Heavenly White Chocolate Buttercream Frosted Vanilla Butter Cupcakes

Kim Lange
Be prepared to be dazzled! Rich, Vanilla Butter Cake meets decadent White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting! Heavenly!
5 from 2 votes
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Course Dessert
Cuisine cupcakes
Servings 24
Calories

Ingredients
  

Vanilla Butter Cake

  • 1 Box Vanilla Cake mix
  • ½ cup melted Butter or oil
  • 4 Egg Whites or 3 eggs
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons Buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract

White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 cup Butter softened
  • 2 & ½ cups Powdered Sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 6 oz . very good quality White Chocolate chopped
  • ¼ C . cream or milk
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions
 

Vanilla Butter Cake

  • Preheat over to 350 degrees.
  • In large bowl, mix the vanilla cake mix, melted butter, egg whites, vanilla and buttermilk together thoroughly for 1 minute.
  • Pour batter into cupcake liners and bake 18-20 minutes.
  • Let cool until ready to frost.

White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  • Heat the white chocolate in 30 second increments in the microwave, stirring after each increment, and continue to heat 30 seconds at a time, until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
  • Set aside and allow to cool completely.
  • Using a mixer, cream the butter, salt and powdered sugar mixture together until light and fluffy.
  • Add the cream and vanilla to the butter/cream mixture using mixer at low speed until well incorporated.
  • Pour in the melted white chocolate until blended and then increase speed of mixer and continue beating on medium-high a few minutes.
  • Depending on consistency, add more cream or powdered sugar as needed for thinner or thicker frosting.
  • Makes about 3 & ½ to 4 cups of frosting.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Tips and Kitchen help!

For frosting the cupcakes, I used the Wilton 418-1704 Icing Tip Set, X-Large, the top tip of the set of 3. 

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  1. Kim Lange says

    January 24, 2021 at 10:28 am

    Yes most definitely Diana! It would be the same instructions you would find on your cake box mix as far as baking and pans to use.

  2. Diana says

    January 23, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Can you use this recipe and make a two layer cake?

  3. PeoplePerProject says

    March 24, 2020 at 4:11 pm

       A fluffy vanilla cupcake cored and filled with a strawberry compote. Frosted with a strawberry buttercream and topped with white chocolate curls.

  4. Kim Lange says

    October 16, 2018 at 8:22 am

    Hi Cheryl! 24 cupcakes and thanks! Enjoy 🙂

  5. Cheryl says

    October 15, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    Hi these look delicious I will be making them for an event. How many cupcakes does the recipe make?

  6. ChocolaTess says

    August 02, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    Hi Rina, if you do use salted, just omit the pinch of salt. Thank you so much for the 5 star rating! ???

  7. Rina says

    August 02, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    Is it salted butter for the frosting?

  8. ChocolaTess says

    March 02, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    Hmm...Laurie so sorry about that, I'm not sure who that is, but here is the link: http://www.thebakingchocolatess.com/super-moist-chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-buttercream-frosting/
    Enjoy!! It's really, really good!!!

  9. Laurie Raymond says

    March 02, 2018 at 8:30 am

    I found a recipe on your website: Moist Chocolate Cake with Buttercream frosting. It was posted by: Cara H on 4/22/16. Every time I click on "more" in order to get the complete recipe it takes me to a "page' that states no longer available. Is it possible to get this recipe still? thank you.

  10. ChocolaTess says

    June 07, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Hi Emily! I definitely think you could just switch out the cake mix and chocolate chips for chocolate! I would use whole eggs instead of egg whites, but it is your preference. I think it sounds wonderful! Stop back by and let me know how it worked out! Happy Baking and thanks for stopping by! 😉

  11. emily says

    June 06, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    I'm curious as to how this would come out with a different flavored cake mix, like chocolate. Any thoughts?

  12. Liz W. says

    January 21, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    Everything looks so yummy on your website, but these are calling my name! I would like to eat them right now.
    ~Liz (Project Pastry Love)

  13. ChocolaTess says

    January 05, 2015 at 5:40 pm

    Thanks so much for the social media shout outs. I appreciate it and I will be at the party! 😉

  14. Lou Lou Girls says

    January 03, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    This looks so good that my mouth is watering! Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you taking the time to stop by our party. We love partying with you! I hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls

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