Copycat Georgetown Cupcake Recipe
How do you make the best cupcakes at home? Use this copycat Georgetown cupcake recipe and you will never make a boxed mix again.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cupcakes
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 597kcal
Author: Aprilgolightly
For the frosting:
- 1 cup butter unsalted
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 3 cup powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 3 tbs heavy whipping cream
For the cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Set up your cupcake pan with liners
Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
Now add sugar, and vanilla to the butter and beat until combined.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together
Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting
For the frosting:
In large mixing bowl, beat butter, vanilla bean paste and cream cheese on high speed until fluffy
Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time.
add in heavy cream if frosting is looking like sugar pebbles.
Scrape the sides to get all of the sugar.
Mix until your frosting is stiff and wont fall off the whisk.
Pipe the cupcake using a star tip and top with edible pearls.
Sodium: 350mg | Calcium: 89mg | Vitamin A: 955IU | Sugar: 60g | Fiber: 0g | Potassium: 180mg | Cholesterol: 105mg | Calories: 597kcal | Saturated Fat: 17g | Fat: 29g | Protein: 4g | Carbohydrates: 81g | Iron: 1.5mg