In celebration of the upcoming winter commencement, I experimented with different ways to decorate simple cake mix cupcakes. These would make a great addition to a graduation party or gift for the graduate closest to your heart.
Prep time: 5 minutes plus baking and cool time
Servings: About 16
Ingredients:
- 1 box cake mix (pictured here: Betty Crocker Super Moist Triple Chocolate Fudge)
- 1 1/4 cup water*
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil*
- 3 eggs*
- Frosting of your choice (pictured here: Pillsbury Cream Cheese Frosting)
- Your favorite Vandal-themed sprinkles
* = amounts can vary by cake mix
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Directions:
- Preheat oven as directed on cake mix packaging.
- Mix together cake mix, water, vegetable oil and eggs.
- Spray cupcake tin with nonstick spray or place cupcake liners in the tin.
- Pour batter into cupcake tin.
- Bake cupcakes as directed on mixture packaging.
- Remove cupcakes from tin to cool.
- Add frosting to the cupcakes in a small swirl. You want the focus to be on the silver and gold sprinkles.
- Add your sprinkles to the cupcake.
- Optional: if you would like to add a Vandal-style surprise to these cupcakes, remove a small amount of cake from the middle of the cupcake, fill with sprinkles or your favorite silver and gold candy, frost over the hole and add more sprinkles on top.
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