TARDIS Blue Velvet Cupcakes with Galaxy Cream Cheese Frosting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare cupcake pan with paper liners. I used shiny silver foil liners for mine since they seemed to go well with the theme.
Cake Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter (at room temperature)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 tablespoon royal blue gel food coloring
2 ½ cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar
In a mixing bowl or stand mixer cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add each egg one at a time, mixing well after each. Add the vanilla, cocoa, and food coloring, and continue mixing until well combined. Sift together the flour and salt, adding it to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Lastly, combine the baking soda and vinegar and add it to the mixture. (Keep in mind that the batter will appear darker after baking. As you can see in the photo, my cake turned out to be too dark, so this recipe has been altered to include a reduction in the amount of food coloring used)
Pour the batter into the cupcake liners and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow your cupcakes to cool completely before frosting them.
Frosting Ingredients:
1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
½ stick unsalted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whip together the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract until well combined. Mix in the powdered sugar. To make the galaxy swirls, divide your frosting into three separate bowls. Add different amounts of blue and purple food coloring to each bowl until you’ve reached your desired shades. For my cupcakes I created one dark blue, one medium purple, and one light blue batch. Scoop each color into a piping bag (or large Ziploc bag) so that they are side by side in a triangle formation (not on top of each other). Snip off the corner of your bag and swirl the frosting onto the cupcake in a clockwise motion, making sure all three colors come out.
Optional Decorations:
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