Birthday Cupcakes For Kids

A kids' birthday party is incomplete without a delicious cake. When your birthday boy/girl cuts the large birthday cake, you can serve the other children with cupcakes or give them as favors. While a standard cupcake consists of flour, butter and sugar as the basic ingredients, you can bring in variations to the recipe, by flavoring it in different ways. Like the larger cakes, frosting is the main attraction of the small cupcakes. Check out some of the easy and popular recipes for birthday cupcakes for kids, in the lines below.

Kids' Birthday Cupcakes Recipes

Vanilla Cupcake

Ingredients

1½ tsp Vanilla Essence
2 cups All-purpose Flour
1½ cup Sugar
3 tsp Baking Powder
4 Eggs
½ cup Shortening
1 cup Milk
A pinch of Salt

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, milk and vanilla essence. Blend the mixture well and then add the shortening, slowly.
Add the egg white of 4 eggs to the mixture and beat it until it becomes smooth and fluffy.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease the cupcake pan, lined with a baking paper, with butter.
Fill the cupcake pan, ¾, with the batter that you have already prepared.
Bake the cupcake pan in the preheated oven, for about 25 minutes.
Remove the cupcakes from the pan, place them on wire racks and allow them to cool completely.

Chocolate Cupcake

Ingredients

3/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 and 1/3 cups All-purpose Flour
¼ tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
3 tbsp Butter, softened
1½ cup White Sugar
2 Eggs
¾ tsp Vanilla Extract
1 cup Milk
1/8 tsp Salt

Instructions

Sieve the all-purpose flour, along with baking soda, baking powder, cocoa and salt. Set aside for later use.
In a bowl, blend butter and sugar well, until it becomes smooth and fluffy.
Add eggs to the mixture, one by one, and blend well.
Add the vanilla extract, followed by sieved flour mixture and milk, slowly, and blend well.
Line the cupcake pan with a baking paper, greased with butter.
Fill ¾ of the cupcake pan with the batter.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the cupcake pan in the preheated oven and bake it for 15 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from the pan and allow them to cool, before serving.

Two-Layers Cupcake

Ingredients

8 ounce Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Chips
¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 Egg
1 and 1/3 cup White Sugar
1½ cup All-purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Water
1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Cider Vinegar
1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Instructions

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese well and then add the egg, 1/3 cup sugar & 1/8 tsp salt. Beat the mixture, until it becomes smooth and fluffy.
Add chocolate chips to the mixture, blend well and set aside.
Take another bowl and mix the flour, 1 cup sugar, baking soda, cocoa and ½ teaspoon salt.
Add water, vinegar, vanilla and vegetable oil to the mixture.
Line a cupcake pan with baking paper, greased with butter.
Fill 1/3 of the pan with flour batter and top it with the cream cheese mixture that you have already prepared.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the cupcake pan in the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Cool the cupcakes before serving.

How to Cite

Related Articles

See also

More in 'Art & Entertainment'