These Blue Musical Notes 40th Birthday Cupcakes are a fun way to celebrate a music lover's big birthday. The decorations made of blue paper and musical notes make the party feel more festive.
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour. 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar. 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened. 1 cup buttermilk. 3 large eggs. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. 1/4 teaspoon salt. Blue food coloring gel. Musical note-shaped edible decorations.
Instructions: Warm up the oven to 350F 175C and put paper liners in a cupcake pan. Melt the butter and mix it with the sugar in a bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy. One at a time, add the eggs and beat well after each one. Add the vanilla extract and mix well. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a different bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients one at a time, mixing in the buttermilk between each addition. Start with the dry ingredients and end with the buttermilk. Don't mix any further than that. To get the shade of blue you want for your cupcakes, add blue food coloring gel. To make the color even, mix. Fill each cupcake liner about two-thirds of the way to the top with batter. After the oven is hot, bake the cupcakes for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean. After putting the cupcakes in the pan to cool for a while, move them to a wire rack to cool completely. As part of the 40th birthday theme, decorate the cupcakes with edible music notes once they are cool.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 18-20
Westman Parent