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Pink Champagne Cupcakes

Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 2 extra large eggs
  • 1/3 cup (85ml) milk
  • 2/3 cup (170g) sparking wine
  • 1 cup (250g) rosé wine, or sparkling wine
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups (200g) cake flour
  • 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp (10g) baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup (120g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 drops pink food coloring
  • simple syrup for brushing
  • 32 ounces champagne buttercream
  • edible glitter sprinkles
  • 6 strawberries, halved

Instructions

Make the concentrated wine

  1. In a small sauce pan, bring the rosé or sparkling wine to a simmer.

  2. Simmer down the wine until it reduces in volume by half (25 minutes). You should have 1/3 cup of wine or 85ml.

  3. Place the concentrated wine in a heat resistant container and chill it in the freezer for 5 minutes to cool down.

Make the cupcakes

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C).

  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg whites, milk, concentrated wine, food coloring, and the vanilla extract.

  3. In another large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

  4. Add the butter to the dry ingredients and mix on medium speed for 30 to 60 seconds.

  5. While the mixer is still running, add the egg and milk mixture to the dry ingredients and butter a third at a time, 20 seconds at a time.

  6. When fully incorporated, scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl, and mix again on high speed for 40 seconds to aerate the batter.
  7. Line a 12-count cupcake tray with 12 jumbo cupcake liners. Fill each line 2/3 high with cake better.

  8. Bake the cupcakes in the middle of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cupcakes are light pink and a toothpick runs clean when probed into the middle of the cupcakes.

  9. Brush a thin layer of simple syrup over the cake and allow the cake to cool completely before serving or frosting.

Decorative the cupcakes

  1. Decorate the cupcakes

  2. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely. You can place them in the freezer for 20 minutes if you are short on time.

  3. Using a spatula or a piping bag with an open or star tip, ice each cupcake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream, or your choice of buttercream

  4. Top your cupcakes with edible glitter sprinkles

  5. Add strawberry halves to the tops of each cupcake.