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Sprinkles Cupcakes with Funfetti Cake Mix

The most fun cupcake you'll make!

Ingredients
  

Cupcake Ingredients

  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup water
  • cup milk divided
  • cup pure canola or coconut oil
  • 3 eggs large
  • 1 3.4 oz box vanilla instant pudding divided
  • rainbow sprinkles Jimmies

Frosting Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter softened
  • 1 3.4 oz vanilla instant pudding divided
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • cup milk divided
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • rainbow sprinkles Jimmies

Instructions
 

Cupcake Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or line a standard12-cavity muffin tin.
  • In a large mixing bowl filled with the cake mix, add half of the French Vanilla pudding and 1/3 cup of the milk.
  • Add in the water, oil, and eggs. Using a hand or stand mixer, mix on medium until well incorporated. 
  • Add the batter into the muffin tin until each cavity is about 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting Instructions

  • Mix the remaining pudding and milk together until smooth.
  • In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream the butter, and cream cheese, and beat until light and fluffy. Mix in the pudding/milk mixture.
  • Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time until creamy and peaks form. Add 1-3 tablespoons of the half and half in between the powdered sugar as needed.
  • Add frosting into the large, prepared piping bag. Frost your cupcakes and garnish with Rainbow Sprinkles (Jimmies) if desired and enjoy!
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