Mardi Gras Cupcake Recipe

By:

Akyla Aiken

Kadedjatu Barry

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 2 cups sugar • 4 eggs, room temperature • the seeds of 2 Madagascar vanilla beans • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 1 ¼ cups Buttermilk • ¼ cup sour cream • 3 cups cake flour • 3 ½ tsp baking powder • ½ tsp salt • Green, Purple and Yellow food coloring gel • Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature • 2 lbs powdered sugar • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 1/4 tsp cinnamon • 1/4-1/2 cup heavy whipping cream • pinch of salt • green, purple and yellow sprinkles • Rolo candies • Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups • purple gel food coloring

•Chef: Betsy •Yield: 2 dozen cupcakes

Doubled Recipe (DOUBLED SERVEING:24)

• 2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 4 cups sugar • 8 eggs, room temperature • the seeds of 4 Madagascar vanilla beans • 2 tsp vanilla extract • 2 ½ cups Buttermilk ½ cup sour cream • 6 cups cake flour • 7 tsp baking powder • 1 tsp salt • Green, Purple and Yellow food coloring gel • Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting • 2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature • 4 lbs powdered sugar • 3 tsp vanilla extract • ½ tsp cinnamon • `1/2-1 cup heavy whipping cream • pinch of salt • green, purple and yellow sprinkles • Rolo candies • Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups • purple gel food coloring

½ OF RECPIE • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 1 cups sugar • 2 eggs, room temperature • the seeds of 1 Madagascar vanilla beans • ½ tsp vanilla extract • 5/8 cups Buttermilk • 1/8 cup sour cream • 1 ½ cups cake flour • 1 ¾ tsp baking powder • ¼ tsp salt • Green, Purple and Yellow food coloring gel

• Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 2 oz cream cheese, room temperature • 1 lbs powdered sugar • ½ tsp vanilla extract • 1/8 tsp cinnamon • 1/8 -1/4 cup heavy whipping cream • pinch of salt • green, purple and yellow sprinkles • Rolo candies • Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups • purple gel food coloring

• 4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 8 cups sugar • 16 eggs, room temperature • the seeds of 8 Madagascar vanilla beans • 4 tsp vanilla extract • 5 cups Buttermilk • 1 cup sour cream • 12 cups cake flour • 14 tsp baking powder • 2 tsp salt • Green, Purple and Yellow food coloring gel (I used Wilton brand)

• Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting • 4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature • 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature • 8 lbs powdered sugar • 4 tsp vanilla extract • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1-2 cup heavy whipping cream • pinch of salt • green, purple and yellow sprinkles • Rolo candies • Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups • purple gel food coloring

QUADRUPLE RECPIE

Regular recipe Doubled recipe ½ recipe Quadruple recipe1 cup unsalted butter 2 cup unsalted butter ½ cup unsalted butter 4 cup unsalted butter

2 cups sugar 4 cups sugar 1 cups sugar 8 cups sugar

4 eggs 8 eggs 2 eggs 16 eggs

the seeds of 2 Madagascar vanilla beans

the seeds of 4 Madagascar vanilla beans

the seeds of 1 Madagascar vanilla beans

the seeds of 8 Madagascar vanilla beans

1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp vanilla extract 4 tsp vanilla extract

1 ¼ cups Buttermilk 2 ½ cups Buttermilk 5/8 cups Buttermilk 5 cups Buttermilk

¼ cup sour cream ½ cup sour cream 1/8 cup sour cream 1 cup sour cream

3 cups cake flour 6 cups cake flour 1 ½ cups cake flour 12 cups cake flour

3 ½ tsp baking powder 7 tsp baking powder 1 ¾ tsp baking powder 14 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp salt 2 tsp salt

1 cup unsalted butter 2 cup unsalted butter ½ cup unsalted butter 4 cup unsalted butter

4 oz cream cheese 8 oz cream cheese 2 oz cream cheese 16 oz cream cheese

2 lbs powdered sugar 4 lbs powdered sugar 1 lbs powdered sugar 8 lbs powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract 3 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp vanilla extract 4 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp cinnamon

• green, purple and yellow sprinkles

1/2-1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/8 -1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1-2 cup heavy whipping cream

Explain how you would adjust your recipe to feed everyone in your class and don’t forget your teacher!

Since you 24 kids in our class and my cupcakes serve 12 servings so I would multiply 2 x 12 to serve everybody in my class.