To celebrate the end of the school year, I made cupcakes to thank my interns and program assistants, as well as for our staff lunch, where we celebrated my co-worker’s pregnancy. Someone mentioned that the mom-to-be loves funfetti cake but I haven’t used a box cake mix in several years.
Instead, I found lots of recipes online for making funfetti from scratch, and ended up doubling two recipes: this one for the cake and this one for frosting to make around 19 cupcakes. I used oblong rainbow sprinkles in the batter, which melted in the oven and made perfect little splotches of bright color inside the cupcakes.
I piped the frosting with a 1M tip and decorated it with three types of sprinkles – the oblong rainbow ones, tiny rainbow nonpareils and pastel confetti.
Which sprinkles do you like best?
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June 9, 2010 at 9:18 am
Monet
Both please! I adored funfetti cupcakes when I was a child. Thank you for sharing such beautiful pictures. It takes me back to the days of 1st grade birthday parties. Yum!
June 9, 2010 at 9:21 am
Debbie
Great idea, I have so many leftover sprinkles I could easily do this. Thanks!
June 9, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Stephanie
It’s perfect for leftover sprinkles! The recipe uses them all up.
June 9, 2010 at 10:00 am
Melissa
I think I like the biggest sprinkles on top best, but it is also kind of fun having different sprinkles on the different cupcakes.
June 9, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Chef Dennis
I better taste them to decide which I like better, send over a dozen and I’ll blog my results!!
June 9, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Wheels
Omg we are so making these when I come to town next please!!
June 9, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet }
There is nothing better than white cake with white frosting and then throwing in the colored sprinkles on top!
June 9, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Patty Price
very fun, great for end of school celebration, love the sprinkles with the white frosting!
June 9, 2010 at 9:55 pm
TaleTellerin
These look really yum. Love the color blotches in the cakes and sprinkle-wise… I think I like the big round ones best.
June 9, 2010 at 10:50 pm
The Cilantropist
I think I like the biggest sprinkles the best, they sort of look like cute polka dots! Hurray for you, for making these from scratch yourself. I always applaud any effort to make something on your own rather than use store-bought!
June 10, 2010 at 12:07 am
Lisa
pretty pretty! ive always wanted to try making home made funfetti cupcakes since i cant buy the mix here. the cupcakes look beautiful! oh, i and i like the confetti sprinkles the most
June 10, 2010 at 8:46 am
Heather I.
I’d have to say the oblong sprinkles. I’m sure these are so much tastier than the store bought mix! They just scream “Happy Birthday”!
June 10, 2010 at 10:22 am
Hanna W
Great post!! I have tried to make funfetti at home before but made the mistake of stirring the sprinkles waaaay too much, the coloring came off making the batter a gross gray color, yours look beautiful though!
For my own personal taste preferences I like the oblong sprinkles but I think the bigger round ones are cute for decorating!
June 10, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Stephanie
Thanks! I added the sprinkles after everything was combined and folded them in with a spatula. The color didn’t bleed at all.
June 10, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Andrea Groves
Yum. Any cake makes me happy, and the color is fun!
The round sprinkles would have to be my favorite for decorating.
June 10, 2010 at 3:54 pm
The Housewife
The cupcakes look so pretty and festive! I need one to fight my meltdown as I type…
June 12, 2010 at 1:38 pm
whatnomints
Oddly enough, Funfetti cupcakes remind me of college … I would make them for my friends all the time (from the box of course, I’m not too keen with baking from scratch!) – They just put a smile on everyone’s face! Proves you don’t have to be a kid to enjoy these fun little cakes
June 12, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Angela
I’ve always loved rainbow nonpareils. I also love how you turned funfetti cake into a homemade one, so much better than boxed cake mix. I’ll have to try this out for fun
June 13, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Sarah
Funfetti cake is the absolute best. I love the rainbow nonpareils as well, and add them to pancakes as well…typically on birthdays, anniversaries, or other celebrations as a little something special
June 13, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Stephanie
Sprinkles in pancakes – what a great idea! I’ve added lots of other things to pancakes but I’ve never thought of sprinkles. That sounds so festive and fun.
June 14, 2010 at 8:29 am
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