A romantic Valentine’s Cupcake that is full of amazing flavor and a soft moist cake that is perfect for any special holiday. These Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting are a very special treat.
These little yummy bites of goodness did not last long in our house – in fact they were barely cooled and iced before the first bite was taken.
Nobody could wait another moment.
They were absolutely delicious and yes, my kids love them so much they’ve asked for them frequently.
There is only a hint of the champagne flavor which in my opinion makes them better than some of the other recipes I’ve seen.
This special recipe has been around a few years for us, and we love it it for special occasions.
Whether it’s a romantic dinner, Valentine’s Day or even New Year’s, a wedding anniversary or a special birthday.
Our group is bringing you all kinds of delicious goodies that are perfect for a romantic dinner or Valentine’s Day.
The recipe for the cupcakes is down below, but let me tell you about the others first.
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I am sharing my delicious Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting. They have only a hint of champagne and a hint of strawberry making them light and the perfect ending to a romantic meal.
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Eileen is knowledgeable in a field I simply fail at, but admire about her. She is showcasing her talent as a mixologist and has created signature champagne cocktails using Biltmore’s Pas de Deux, Methode Champenoise – Sec. It’s a foreign language to me, but I cannot wait to see them and possibly try them out. I might fail at the whole creative mixologist thing, but if someone gives me a recipe let me at it – I can make a delicious drink.
Now, let’s go check those Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting out.
P.S. We have more delicious Valentine’s Day cupcake goodness coming on Tuesday in honor of Valentine’s Day. Please come back and visit!
Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting Recipe
Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 3 cup cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoons salt
- ⅔ cup butter room temp
- 1½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup pink champagne
- 6 egg whites
- ¼ teaspoons Wilton pink food coloring
Frosting:
- 3¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 3 Tablespoons pink champagne
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoons strawberry extract to taste
- ¼ teaspoons Wilton pink food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Fill cupcake pan with cupcake papers.
- You’ll need three bowls.
- In one bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. and set aside.
- In the second bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- In a third bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar until it’s fluffy.
- Keeping the third bowl in front of you, add the flour mixture and the champagne, alternating between the two in small amounts until incorporated. Make sure and scrape the sides down also.
- Add in the Wilton pink icing color.
- Fold in the whipped egg whites. Mix everything well.
- Fill the cupcake liners using an ice cream scoop (or about ¼ c. of batter.)
- Bake for about 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out completely clean.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool on a wire rack.
- Once the cupcakes have completely cooled, mix up the icing.
- Beat the butter for the icing until it’s creamy.
- On low speed, use your mixer to slowly add the sifted confectioners’ sugar until well blended. Add the champagne and strawberry extract.
- Switch your mixer to high and blend for 3 or 4 minutes. Fill a pastry bag with your icing and pipe the delicious goodness.
What pretty cupcakes! I wanted to reach in and grab one from the screen. Yum!
Renee, thank you – they taste heavenly and aren’t too sweet and really have a nice flavor. Excited to be part of everything today!
These look so fancy! I love the pearly sprinkle on top, too.
Thank you so much, I can promise you most of the cupcakes that come through my kitchen are not this fancy, but I thought since they were champagne cupcakes they needed to be “fancy-ed) up a bit. 😉 Thanks for visiting!!
Nicole, these look heavenly! I think they would go very nicely with the Biltmore Pas de Deux. It’s great paired with sweets!.
Cheers & A Happy Valentines Day to you and your Lovies!
Eileen
Eileen, I’ve never tried the Biltmore Pas de Deux, but now you have my curiosity peaked and I will have to try to find some.
I love knowing what goes well with what, so I’m happy to have met you!! 🙂
Hope you have a great week ahead!
You had me at “pink champagne” and “cupcake.” I seriously need to make this frosting and of course lick the bowl at the end. My fave part of making anything delicious
Isn’t that the most intriguing combination Grace?
The cupcakes are good, but what really makes them special is definitely the frosting – there is no doubt about that – a very light strawberry and champagne flavor that is surprisingly delicate and my kids love. I wonder what that means for my future? 😉
These look delicious! I would love to make a cake with this recipe. Do you happen to know what size cake this recipe would make? Thank you!
I unfortunately do not – as I have only made them into cupcakes. Maybe someone else who has made them can chime in – maybe they tried to make them into a cake. I would imagine about an 8″ or 9″ if I was taking my best guess.
I usually do not care for cake but when my granddaughter made these we practically fought over them. They were wonderful! Make the extra frosting, because it goes so well with the cake, you will want to heap it on.
I seen this on my twitter feed and just had to come over and peek at this recipe. It is a must save! Thanks for sharing that. I will give it a try.
Donna
I seen this on my twitter feed and just had to come over and peek at this recipe. It is a must save! Thanks for sharing that. I will give it a try.
Donna
Hi! These are lovely! In the ingredients, does the “t” mean teaspoon, and “T” mean tablespoon?
Hi there, thank you! And yes the T is for Tablespoon and t is for teaspoon.
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How much butter?
Hi Karla,
2/3 cup of butter. Sorry, when switching from one recipe plugin to another it looks like it didn’t convert properly. I’m so glad you asked! Enjoy the cupcakes!
I seen this on my twitter feed and just had to come over and peek at this recipe. It is a must save! Thanks for sharing that. I will give it a try.
Donna
Can we use fresh strawberries in place of the strawberry extract in the frosting?
You could definitely try that, however, I am not sure the frosting would set properly. It would be too much liquid, although you could experiment to get the right consistency. Good luck!