Pink Champagne Cupcakes

Kelly Jones proudly displays the pink cupcakes Lisa made for the Pink Party that helped raise the money to qualify her to walk in the three-day Susan G. Komen 3-Day in Boston on July 27-19. Good luck Kelly! 

A friend’s daughter signed up for the Susan G. Komen 3-day, 60-mile walk in Boston.  To be eligible to walk, she had to raise $2,500.  Her mother, being a breast cancer survivor, wanted to help her raise the money so she planned a Pink Party Fund Raiser.  It was at her home and the theme, of course, was “pink”!  She had pink food, pink prizes, and everyone wore pink. I wanted to bring a fun dessert and thought what would be better than pink cupcakes? I scoured the internet looking for recipes that looked interesting, and came upon this one. I tried it out on my family first, and if you saw the video you know they were a great success!  They were also a big hit at the party. They are easy to make, light, fluffy, delicious and pink!  You could really make these cupcakes for any occasion—baby showers (pink and/or blue), graduations (using the school colors), or for just about any occasion. Try them out and let us know how you like them. —Lisa

For 24 cupcakes, you'll need:

1 box white cake mix (I use Betty Crocker)

1 ¼ cups champagne

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 egg whites

4 to 5 drops red food coloring (or any color you want!)

For the champagne frosting you'll need:

½ cup butter, softened

4 cups powdered sugar

¼ cup champagne

1 tsp vanilla

4 to 5 drops food coloring

To decorate use, pink sugar crystals.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place paper baking cups in each of the 24 muffin cups.

In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine cake mix and champagne. Add oil, eggs, and food color. Beat until well mixed. Divide evenly into muffin cups.

Bake 17-20 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean). Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cool.

In a medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost and top with sugar crystals.

We’d love to see the pictures of some of your cupcakes!  Send them to cousins@cousinsinthekitchen.net