Yields 10 large cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 6 Tbsp canola oil
- 1/2 cup white rice flour
- 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp tapioca starch
- 1/3 cup potato starch
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 Tbsp rainbow sprinkles (check to make sure they are GF)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare muffin pan (I lined mine with papers, and had absolutely no sticking).
- In a small bowl combine eggs, milk, extracts, and oil. Mix. Set aside.
- In a medium/large bowl, combine white rice flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, xanthan gum, sugar, salt & baking powder. Stir to mix well.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, mixing only until combined. Gently stir in sprinkles (so they don’t dissolve).
- Scoop into prepared muffin tins. Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Let pan cool on a wire rack for 10 minute. Remove cupcakes from muffin tin.
- Cool & frost as desired.
Source: Wilton’s website
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
- 2 Tbsp confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp cocoa powder
Directions:
- Beat cream until slightly thickened.
- Gradually add the sugar, vanilla and cocoa. Beat until stiff peaks form.
Source: Based on a recipe from Baking Bites and Flour Arrangements
oh they look so good…its a bummer to bake your own bday cake hey?? come out this way and I'll take you to Jasmines for a piece of cheesecake…deal??
Jeanine..a wiener roast you say?? You beat us to that..and now I really want one:)
The cupcakes look gorgeous and you got a great shot of the crumb texture!
Ooh, yum, and FUN!
Can I use tapioca flour or does it have to be starch? Flour I can find everywhere. Starch, however, is really hard for me to find.
Tapioca flour and tapioca starch are the same thing. I made these cupcakes with tapioca flour and they turned out wonderfully.
Yes, sorry, they are the same thing. So glad to hear that they turned out great for you too! Nice to have some variety, huh?
These look good… when do the sprinkles go in?
Oops, I would do the sprinkles right before putting it in the pan, so that they don't dissolve when you mix it.
Ah ha! Thanks! Good to know for a beginner like me
Can the cupcakes be made a day ahead? Thanks!
These were excellent! It was nice to be able to make cupcakes for my hubby's birthday. I'd been buying gluten free cupcakes from a local bakery- at $3 a cupcake. This was much more fun and much cheaper! Thank you!
@sjmum, Absolutely! Baking them the day before is no problem.
@That Girl, wow, at $3/cupcake, you'll be saving a ton baking your own fun cupcakes from now on! Glad that you enjoyed them, Happy Belated birthday to your husband!
Beautiful, cannot wait to try. Just ordered Push Pop containers to make Cake Push Pops, the confetti cake inside will be perfect! We are going to send them frozen to be kept at school for special days.
Alliesong, I just saw those push pop containers somewhere, what a neat idea!! Love it, and I agree, the confetti cake would be perfect! Great idea!
Will this work as a cake? If so how large of pan would you use to get it the right thickness and what would the adjustments be on a cooking time/temp?
Yes, it will work as a cake. I’d bake it in either a 9 inch cake pan, and bake it for approx. 30 minutes, but checking for doneness slightly before and after, until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.