Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Pink Champagne Buttercream

Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Pink Champagne Buttercream

Pink Champagne Cupcakes are moist and delicious baked from scratch using Champagne reduction from cupcake to frosting. Decorated with pretty pink swirls of Pink Champagne buttercream these will make an impressing addition to any special occasion be it mothers day , valentine’s day or wedding.

There is something about Pink Champagne Cupcakes or Buttercream that say – Luxury! Doesn’t it? I think they are perfect for any special occasion like Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day, even a weeding and of course birthdays!!

Mother’s Day Collaboration by #FoodBlogGenius Bloggers

But first. This is my Mother Day collaboration post with four other food blogger friends at #FoodBlogGenius . And this month we bring four delicious Mother’s Day recipes to celebrate with. I think you going to love it.

1. Traditional Russian Crepe by Julia of Imagelicious
2. Apple Rose Puffs by Gloria of Homemade & Yummy
3. Nutella Banana Waffles by Arlene of Flour on my Face
4. and of course Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Pink Champagne Buttercream by ME!!

Champagne!! 

Do you know that not all sparkling wine is Champagne? BUT all Champagne is sparkling wine. So while we often refer to all sparkling wine as Champagne, the truth is that only the sparking wine that comes from the city of Champagne in France can be called Champagne.  I learned that years ago while  working for Singapore Airlines.

And I did visit Champagne – a zillion years ago before I got married. I loved to travel and one of my trips was to this beautiful country France.
We traveled from Paris, down to Lourdes, Marseilles, Monte Carlo, Niece, Bourdeux, Champagne then on to Brussels in Belgium and back to my flight to Paris. While in Champagne I visit the winery Krug Grand Cuvee Champagne and it was such a wonderful experience. I still remember it so fondly.  The trip took us 27 days and it was so beautiful!. But so hectic the first thing I said when I reached home was – I need a vacation to rest.

 Pink Champagne Buttercream 

In my previous post I gave you the recipe for my Pink Champagne Buttercream so you can use it with this or any other baked cakes or cupcakes. It’s a very delicious recipe made with champagne reduction and I highly recommend it.

Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes.

• Champagne – Yes, we do use Champagne! We spoke about it in details on the previous post. So just to avoid repeating myself again. I’ll just say – please use a good champagne as it will contribute to taste as much as to flavor.
• Cherries – a secret ingredient again just like my Perfect Pink Champagne Buttercream. its’ add a slight flavor but also gives that ever so pretty pink tinge. If you don’t have cherries – just add a drop of pink gel food color.
• Food Color – I don’t always use food color – I like the little ting of color I get from the cherries but in this post I have used a dash of Magic Color Bazooka Pink  just so the camera would pick on the pink. (or it would be weird calling them Pink Champagne cupcakes if they didn’t look pink right?)

Alcohol Free Pink Champagne Cupcakes

Well, Champagne does have alcohol but if you break it down it’s a sparkling grape juice! Right? So go ahead and use any non alcoholic sparking grape juice you like. Now a days you do get a big selection of these in the market.We often buy these for the kids when we want to celebrate with champagne so the kids don’t feel left out. You can do the same reduction as we did with champagne.

Recipe  – Pin Champagne Cupcakes

Tools

• Stand Mixer – K-Mix/ Kitchen Aid or
• Whisk
• Mixing Bowl
• Spatula
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Pink Cupcake liners orGold Cupcake Liners
• Oven

Ingredients

• Unsalted Butter  – 140 grams (1 1/4 stick)
• Sugar – 150 grams (3/4 cup)
• All Purpose Flour – 150 grams (1 1/c cup)
• Eggs – 3 large
• Baking Powder – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1/4 ts
• Champagne – 240 ml  (1 cup)
• Cherries – 4
• Clear Vanilla – 1/2 tsp
• Champagne extract – 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Pink food color – 2 drops (optional)

Method

Prepare champagne reduction for both cupcakes and buttercream at once

• Crush the cherries slightly to bruise them
• Place champagne and cherries in a sauce pan on low heat
• Reduce the liquid to almost 1/3 of it’s original quantity
• Set aside covered to cool
• Use the amount requested in each recipe for cupcake as well as buttercream

Prepare Cupcake Batter 

• Preheat oven to 160 C / 320 F
• Line a muffin tray with cupcake liners
• Swift all purpose flour, salt and baking powder – set aside
• Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with paddle attachment or hand whisk until light and fluffy
• Add eggs one at a time
• Next add the extracts vanilla and champagne
• Now add flour and champagne
• If the batter is too stiff add one of two tablespoons of milk.
• Add pink food color -mix to incorporate
• Scoop batter into cupcake liners
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely before decorating

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 Recipe Card – Pink Champagne Cupcakes

 with Pink Champagne Buttercream Recipe

I have given you the whole scoop on details for this buttercream. including consistency and substitutes in the original post here Pink Champagne Buttercream. Here’s is just a quick recipe. I highly recommend reading the original post for more details.

And now for the finale’

You go ahead and make these Pink Champagne Cupcakes and Buttercream with I enjoy the left over Champagne.
Wish you all that special day.