Champagne Cupcakes

Champagne + cupcakes= DELICIOUS! Optional: tint the cupcakes and frosting with your desired shade of food coloring.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 256 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
• cooking spray
• 1 ¼ cups Champagne or other sparkling white wine at room temperature
• ¼ cup Champagne or other sparkling white wine at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Spray 24 muffin cups with cooking spray.

Step 3

Mix cake mix and 1 1/4 cup Champagne in a large mixing bowl; stir in vegetable oil and eggs. Beat batter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.

Step 4

Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them 3/4 full.

Step 5

Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

Step 6

Cool cupcakes in pans for 10 minutes before removing to finish cooling, about 30 more minutes.

Step 7

Mix butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup Champagne, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Stir in remaining confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and creamy. Spread on cooled cupcakes.