Olympics Cupcakes!

I LOVE the Olympics! I could not be more excited that they're starting today! So, in honor of the Olympics, I made Olympics/British cupcakes! This was mainly just regular vanilla cupcakes with marshmallow buttercream, but I think they turned out super cute! (If you want these cupcake decorations, you can find them here)

For the cupcakes I just used a generic vanilla cupcake recipe, but I added a teaspoon of this pralines and cream flavoring. I think it works really well with a plain cupcake. Of course, since these cupcakes are really about the decorations, any flavor cupcake will do!

For the frosting, I used marshmallow creme butter cream. I didn't know that you could do this, but since I had a jar of marshmallow creme lying around, I decided to look it up. This recipe actually turned out so well! The frosting was thick, so it was easy to pipe onto the cupcakes, but not too thick. It was also so easy! I'll for sure be using this recipe again.

Marshmallow buttercream:

(adapted from: here)

1 16-ounce container of marshmallow creme/fluff

3 sticks butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/2 - 3/4 cup powdered sugar

1. Whip the marshmallow creme in a stand mixer

2. Cut the sticks of butter into 4 pieces each. Add each into the marshmallow creme, incorporating well after piece.

3. Add in the vanilla and almond extract.

4. Add in 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Add in more if you think it'll be a better texture.