These birthday cake funfetti cupcakes are fun, delicious, and perfect for celebrating your loved one's birthday! They are quick and easy to prepare and are sweet, tender, and incredibly moist. Top them off with your favorite type of frosting, and get ready to enjoy the party!
Easy Homemade Birthday Cupcakes
Go ahead and toss out the boxed cake mix because these homemade Funfetti cupcakes are much tastier (and just as easy to make!) They have a delicious vanilla cupcake base that has tons of added sprinkles to make them fun, festive, and perfect for birthday parties!
I made these cupcakes for my daughter's birthday and they were a huge hit! I highly recommend them for anyone's birthday, whether they be a young child, a teenage, or an adult!
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I paired these tasty cupcakes with some funfetti buttercream frosting, but feel free to mix it up! Go ahead and take a look at all of my easy and sweet buttercream frosting recipes for some more ideas!
🥘 Birthday Cake Funfetti Cupcakes Ingredients
Grab your baking ingredients and some sprinkles, and get ready to get started! If you are missing anything, you could easily get all of these items from pretty much any grocery store, but you might already have it all at home!
- Cake Flour - 2¾ cups of cake flour spooned and leveled (or use a cake flour substitute).
- Sugar - 1½ cups of sugar.
- Baking Powder - 4 teaspoons of baking powder.
- Salt - ½ teaspoon of salt.
- Eggs - 2 large, room temperature whole eggs plus 2 large egg whites.
- Milk - ⅔ cup of whole milk or half & half, at room temperature.
- Sour Cream - ½ cup of full-fat sour cream.
- Butter - ½ cup of melted butter. If you want the cake to be completely white, swap this out for shortening.
- Vanilla - 1 tablespoon of pure vanilla extract.
- Sprinkles - ½ cup of rainbow funfetti sprinkles.
*Be sure to see the free printable recipe card below for ingredients, exact amounts & instructions with tips!*
🔪 How To Make Birthday Cake Funfetti Cupcakes
These cupcakes are incredibly simple to prepare, and everything is combined in just one bowl! All you need is your mixing bowl, a whisk, a silicone spatula, a muffin pan, and your measuring utensils.
This recipe will make 24 standard-sized cupcakes or 72 mini cupcakes.
- Preheat. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and place your cupcake liners into a standard-sized cupcake pan.
- Combine dry ingredients. Add all of the dry ingredients (2¾ cups (344 grams) of cake flour, 1½ cups (300 grams) of sugar, 4 teaspoons (16 grams) of baking powder, and ½ teaspoon (3 grams) of salt) to a large mixing bowl then whisk together.
- Prepare. Make a well in the center of the mixed dry ingredients to add the wet ingredients.
- Wet ingredients. Add all of the wet ingredients (2 large eggs (100 grams), 2 large egg whites (66 grams), ⅔ cup (158 milliliters) of milk, ½ cup (115 grams) of sour cream, ½ cup (114 grams) of butter, and 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) of vanilla extract). Mix until just combined, and then gently fold in the ½ cup (80 grams) of rainbow funfetti sprinkles.
- Pour. Portion the batter into your prepared muffin pan, filling each cavity only ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake. Bake in the preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick can be inserted and removed into the cupcakes with no batter on it.
- Cool. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before removing them from the pan. They need to cool completely before frosting them.
🧁 What To Serve With Birthday Cake Cupcakes
Of course, everyone knows that birthday cake and ice cream are a match made in Heaven! You can also serve these delicious cupcakes with any of your other favorite desserts, such as sprinkle cookies or raspberry white chocolate blondies!
Check out more of my easy party desserts for some extra sweet recipes and ideas! Enjoy!
💭 Angela's Pro Tips & Recipe Notes
- If you don't have any cake flour on hand, you can easily make your own or check out these cake flour substitutes.
- Choose some fun and colorful cupcake liners to make them look extra festive!
- You'll only want to fill your cupcake pan about ⅔ of the way full so that the cupcakes can rise without overflowing from the pan.
- Let your cupcakes cool completely before you frost them. If they are even the slightest bit warm, the frosting could melt and become runny.
- You can use any of your favorite buttercream frosting flavors for these cupcakes! However, I recommend using this homemade Funfetti buttercream frosting for a fun and traditional look.
🥡 Storing
Your funfetti cupcakes (without any frosting) can be stored in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 1 week. Once frosted, the cupcakes will only last 2-4 days. If using dairy-based frosting (such as buttercream), keep them stored in the refrigerator.
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❓ Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can easily freeze these cupcakes for later! Let your cupcakes cool completely and then place them into a sealed container (without any frosting) and store them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Sure! You can use this recipe to make about 72 mini-sized cupcakes. Make sure to keep an eye on them while baking, though, as they will cook more quickly. Begin checking them for doneness after about 10 minutes (they should take about 15 minutes to bake).
Traditional funfetti treats use rainbow-colored jimmies. However, you can easily mix up the type of sprinkles you are using based on the occasion! You can use red, white, and pink sprinkles for Valentine's Day, orange sprinkles for Halloween, red, white, and blue for the 4th of July, or any other variation you may like!
🎂 Best Frosting Recipes
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting - Cream cheese-based frosting that is packed with freeze-dried strawberries.
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Buttercream - Sweet buttercream that tastes exactly like edible cookie dough.
- Maraschino Cherry Buttercream - This delightful frosting uses the juice from the jar of cherries as well as chopped maraschino cherries.
- Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting - The ideal frosting choice for anyone who loves peanut butter.
- Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting - A light and refreshing frosting that pairs amazingly with these Funfetti cupcakes.
- Oreo Buttercream - Rich buttercream frosting that features Oreos for a cookies-and-cream flavor.
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Birthday Cake Funfetti Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2¾ cups cake flour (spoon and leveled)
- 1½ cups sugar
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs (at room temperature)
- 2 large egg whites (at room temperature)
- ⅔ cup milk (at room temperature, use whole milk or half & half)
- ½ cup sour cream (use full fat)
- ½ cup butter (melted, or use shortening)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup rainbow funfetti sprinkles
(Note: 2x or 3x only changes the ingredient list)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and place your cupcake liners into a standard-sized cupcake pan.
- Add all of the dry ingredients (2¾ cups cake flour, 1½ cups sugar, 4 teaspoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt) to a large mixing bowl then whisk together.
- Make a well in the center of the mixed dry ingredients to add the wet ingredients into.
- Add all of the wet ingredients (2 large eggs, 2 large egg whites, ⅔ cup milk, ½ cup sour cream, ½ cup butter, and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract). Mix until just combined, and then gently fold in the ½ cup rainbow funfetti sprinkles.
- Portion the batter into your prepared muffin pan, filling each cavity only ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick can be inserted and removed into the cupcakes with no batter on it.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before removing them from the pan. They need to cool completely before frosting them.
Notes
- If you don't have any cake flour on hand, you can easily make your own or check out these cake flour substitutes.
- Choose some fun and colorful cupcake liners to make them look extra festive!
- You'll only want to fill your cupcake pan about ⅔ of the way full so that the cupcakes can rise without overflowing from the pan.
- Let your cupcakes cool completely before you frost them. If they are even the slightest bit warm, the frosting could melt and become runny.
- You can use any of your favorite buttercream frosting flavors for these cupcakes! However, I recommend using this homemade Funfetti buttercream frosting for a fun and traditional look.
- To store: Your Funfetti cupcakes (without any frosting) can be stored in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 1 week. Once frosted, the cupcakes will only last 2-4 days. If using dairy-based frosting (such as buttercream), keep them stored in the refrigerator.
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