NEAPOLITAN CUPCAKES Recipes

These Neapolitan Cupcakes are made with a vanilla cupcake, chocolate mousse filling and strawberry frosting! The flavors are so perfectly balanced – I love them!

So as I write this, the hubs is sitting next to me doing his live fantasy football draft. The amount of stress he is exhibiting is straight crazy. It’s intense. And he clearly told everyone he is playing fantasy football that he planned to pick Carolina Panther players (because duh, we love them and they rock) because they have now picked them before he can and the moaning and groaning coming from his side of the table is for reals.

Clearly he needs a big glass of Carolina Panther Punch to wash down his misery. 😉

Regular season NFL football begins tonight with a rematch of the super Bowl – minus Peyton Manning of course, so basically just another game. Even so, regular season Panthers football is kicking off and I AM PUMPED! It’s about to get real around here.

Fantasy draft update: The hubs just got kicked out somehow and he is about to lose it. I might have to go to the other room.

Back to me: SO EXCITED!

INGREDIENTS
VANILLA CUPCAKES

• 6 tbsp (84g), unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cups (155g) sugar
• 6 tbsp (86g) sour cream, room temperature
• 2 tsp (10ml) vanilla extract
• 3 large egg whites, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups (163g) all purpose flour
• 2 tsp (8g) baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 6 tbsp (90ml) milk, room temperature
• 2 tbsp (30ml) water, room temperature

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE FILLING

• 4 oz (113g) semi sweet chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup (180ml) heavy whipping cream, cold, divided
• 1/4 cup (28g) powdered sugar
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

STRAWBERRY FROSTING

• 3/4 cup (149g) chopped strawberries
• 1/2 cup (112g) salted butter
• 1/2 cup (95g) shortening
• 4 cups (460g) powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C) and prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light in color and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Do not skimp on the amount of creaming time.
3. Add sour cream and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
4. …………………………

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