White Chocolate Buttercream Frosted Cupcakes

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White Chocolate Buttercream Cupcakes are rich, vanilla butter cupcakes with decadent White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting on top! Heavenly!

Are you ready for some Heavenly? (umm…yeah ALWAYS!)  If you are, be prepared to be dazzled with how easy these cupcakes are to make! Check out our 80 Best Homemade Frostings Recipes Roundup for more frosting choices!

2 Ways to Make the Vanilla Cake Cupcakes

Easy Vanilla Butter Cake (or make homemade Vanilla White Cake in Recipe below this one.)

• 1 Box Vanilla Cake mix or Super-Moist Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream recipe and my Vanilla White Bundt Cakes
• unsalted butter, melted & cooled or oil of choice
• egg whites (for extra white) or eggs (use egg whites if you want pure white cake)
• buttermilk or milk of choice, can also use water
• vanilla extract

Shortcut Vanilla Cake Mix from the Box Option

Yes, you can take a shortcut and use cake mix from the box and it will taste so heavenly!  But, we changed it up so it would taste more ‘heavenly’ and even added in some buttermilk.  Buttermilk adds rich taste and a super moist texture to the cupcakes.  YES!

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?  See 9 Hacks How to Fake the Cake Box Mix Syndrome.

1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
2. In large bowl, mix the vanilla cake mix, melted butter, egg whites, vanilla and buttermilk together thoroughly for 1-2 minutes.
3. Pour batter into cupcake liners and bake 18-20 minutes.
4. Let cool until ready to frost.

Make Homemade Vanilla Cake Options

I’ve included my Super-Moist Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream recipe and my Vanilla White Bundt Cakes recipe you can use to make your cupcakes, if you don’t want to do the cake mix box thing.  I get it!  You can still top them with the yummy White Chocolate Buttercream icing.

These would be adorable even at a wedding anniversary or shower!  You could even make them super cute mini cupcakes, just reduce the baking time and set the timer to 10-15 minutes, I’m guessing.

Ingredients You Need for White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting  Recipe

• unsalted butter, softened
• powdered sugar
• pinch salt
• good quality White Chocolate, chopped
• cream or milk
• vanilla extract

How to Make White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

1. 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.
2. Set aside and allow to cool completely.
3. Using a mixer, cream the butter, salt and powdered sugar mixture together until light and fluffy.
4. Add the cream and vanilla to the butter/cream mixture using mixer at low speed until well incorporated.
5. Pour in the melted white chocolate until blended and then increase speed of mixer and continue beating on medium-high a few minutes.
6. Depending on consistency, add more cream or powdered sugar as needed for thinner or thicker frosting.
7. Makes about 3 & ½ to 4 cups of frosting.

Melting White Chocolate Tips

• White chocolate can easily go bad if it gets too hot. Cut it into very small pieces and melt it over warm water in a double boiler or use low power in the microwave.
• Stir it every once in a while until it’s melted.
• Let it cool down completely before adding to your recipe or it will melt the butter.

Storing White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

• At room temperature, it can last a day or 2, and in the fridge up to a week. Cover it with plastic wrap to keep it sealed well.
• I suggest using this frosting soon after making it. Over time, it will become thick and fudge-like.
• Make Ahead: You can make it ahead, too. If you make it ahead, you’ll need to stir or re-whip it before using.

Why don’t you ‘dazzle’ your crew up on New Year’s, birthdays or just because with these White Chocolate Buttercream Cupcakes?

More cupcakes that we love are these Ultimate Strawberry Cheesecake Pudding Filled Cupcakes, these Ultimate Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes, these Perfect Hershey’s Chocolate Cupcakes, these No Bake Strawberry Eclair Cake and these awesome Ultimate Oreo Cupcakes!

We can all agree that white chocolate buttercream frosted cupcakes are a deliciously indulgent treat! With the right combination of ingredients and technique – such as using premium quality white chocolate and combining it with a creamy buttercream – the result is a delectable and sweet cupcake indulgence.

Furthermore, customizing the cupcakes with a topping of fresh fruit or colored sprinkles can add a unique, creative touch to the cupcakes. Whether you make these cupcakes homemade or from a boxed mix, the star of the show is the White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting!  Enjoy!

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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!

3.50 from 8 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine cupcakes

Servings 24 Servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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Easy Vanilla Butter Cake (or make home-made Vanilla White Cake in Recipe below this one.)

• 1 Box Vanilla Cake mix or Super-Moist Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream recipe and my Vanilla White Bundt Cakes
• ½ cup unsalted butter, melted & cooled or oil of choice
• 4 egg whites (for extra white) or 3 eggs (use egg whites if you want pure white cake)
• 1 cup buttermilk or milk of choice, can also use water
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

• 1 cup unsalted butter softened
• 2 & ½ cups powdered sugar
• Pinch salt
• 6 oz very good quality white chocolate chopped
• ¼ cup cream or milk start out with 2 tablespoons and add more as needed to get the consistency you want
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

 

Vanilla Butter Cake using Boxed Vanilla Cake Mix

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• In large bowl, mix the vanilla cake mix, melted butter, egg whites, vanilla and buttermilk together thoroughly for 1-2 minutes.
• 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 & 1/2 to 4 cups of frosting.

Notes

How to substitute Buttermilk

The simplest way to substitute buttermilk is to pour 1 Tbs. of vinegar or lemon juice into a 1 cup measurer and then fill the rest of the measuring cup with choice of milk.  Stir the mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes.

Keyword butter, buttercream, buttercream frosting, cupcakes, vanilla, white chocolate

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