These homemade super easy one bowl Funfetti cupcakes are a family favorite! Fluffy, beautiful, and bursting with rainbow sprinkles, they’re pure happiness! And perfect for birthday parties!Â
One Bowl Funfetti Cupcakes
I’ve been aching to make you some funfetti cupcakes for a while now! They’re so fun and happy; so delicious and dreamy. Perfect for humans small and fully grown. Tiny hands and large hands reach out and grab these sprinkle sugar explosions up in equal haste and excitement. Everyone loves them… I’m 99.9% sure of it.
There are about one billion and twelve funfetti cupcake recipes dancing around the internet, but I’m here to fill you in on a little secret… these one bowl funfetti cupcakes are the best!Â
Obviously I’m completed biased in this opinion… but really, let me whisper in your ear a little longer and share with you why I think what I think; believe what I believe; and feel strongly that you should drop all your plans and rush into the kitchen to make these now. Ready?!
These funfetti cupcakes are:
- Oh so fluffy!
- Made in one (I said one!) bowl!
- Super easy!
- Ready to eat in less than one hour!
- Visually stunning and happy!
- Perfect for parties or sharing with friends!
- Easy enough to make on a weeknight for a casually epic dessert.
- So easy to make, in fact, that you may become slightly addicted to making them once a week (me—>guilty!).
- ALL OF THE SPRINKLES. All OF THE CUPCAKES. ALL OF THE YES.
So my dears, are you convinced yet? Convinced that these cakes are amazing? Convinced that you must gallop on into your kitchen; grab your bowl and your whisk and your largest container of sprinkles; and preheat your oven to 350? I hope so. Now let’s get to baking.
More Funfetti Recipes:
- Funfetti Ice Cream SandwichesÂ
- Brown Butter Funfetti Cake
- Vanilla Frosted Funfetti DonutsÂ
- Brown Butter Funfetti CupcakesÂ
- Ultimate Funfetti Birthday Cake
- Funfetti Bundt Cake Birthday CakeÂ
Super Easy One Bowl Funfetti Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup vanilla bean Greek yogurt
- 3 cups cake flour (properly measure; don’t pack it)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup rainbow sprinkles
- Vanilla Frosting
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, very soft
- 4 ounces cream cheese, very soft
- 5-6 cups confectioners sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons cup half and half
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Rainbow sprinkles for decorating
Instructions
For the cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Line or grease two twelve-mold cupcake tins; set aside.
- Place butter in a large microwave-safe bowl and heat on low for 20 seconds, stir, and heat again, repeating this process until the butter is completely melted. Allow the melted butter to cool a minute or two, then whisk in the sugar and vanilla, beating well. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the whole milk and vanilla yogurt.
- Add the flour to the wet mixture and before stirring top the flour with the baking powder and salt; using a small fork gently mix the dry ingredients together on top of the wet ingredients, then – using a rubber spatula – fold the dry ingredients into the mixture, stirring just until combined. Fold in sprinkles.
- Spoon batter into prepared pans (filling each cup about 3/4 full) and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool completely, then frost.
- While the cupcakes cool, clean your bowl and use it to make the frosting!
For the Frosting:
- Using a handheld electric beater on medium speed, beat the butter and cream cheese together until both are completely smooth and combined. Reduce speed to low and slowly add in the confectioners sugar, a little bit at a time. Beat in the half and half and vanilla extract. Once all of the ingredients have been combined, beat frosting on high speed for 2 minutes. Refrigerate for 10 minutes then frost cooled cupcakes. Decorate cupcakes with sprinkles.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve!
Notes
*When adding the dry ingredients to the wet ones, be sure to lightly stir the baking powder and salt into the flour, then stir the dry ingredients into the wet ones.
*When measuring your cake flour, be sure not to pack it into the measuring cup. Instead try lightly spooning the flour into the measuring cup, then gently leveling it off with the flat side of a knife.
Maria Mantali says
Hi there! your cup cakes look very inviting,thanks for sharing your recipe. One small problem for me though, this side of the world there’s no such thing as “half and half” in the supermarkets. The only logical thing I can think of doing is mixing some thick cream with milk and hope that my cup cakes turn out just as good as yours look and obviously taste.
bakerbynature says
Hi Maria. Your thinking is perfect! Simply mix half cream and half milk to create homemade “half and half”.
Laura Dembowski says
Yesterday was my birthday and I wish I had a batch of these to celebrate! Not only do the cupcakes look great, but that mound of frosting is stealing the show!
bakerbynature says
Happy (belated) birthday, Laura! I hope you had lots of fun and cake yesterday 🙂
Zainab says
these are just too pretty to eat!!
bakerbynature says
You’re so sweet, Zainab 🙂 Thank you!!!
Amanda says
These are so fun! CUTE!!!
bakerbynature says
Thank you lovely! Happy Friday 🙂
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
No convincing needed-I can totally tell that these are the best!! So bright and happy and fluffy!
bakerbynature says
You’re so sweet, Kayle! Thank you 🙂
Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
Cuties!!!
bakerbynature says
Thanks girl! xo
Kristi @ My SF Kitchen says
Yessssssss! Funfetti cupcakes are my favorite!! These look delish and super pretty 😉
bakerbynature says
Thanks so much, Kristi! They’re my favorite, too 🙂
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Funfetti is the best and I love a good one bowl recipe!
bakerbynature says
Thank you, Laura! <3
June Burns says
Those look perfect! Nothing like a classic cupcake 🙂
Catherine says
Beautiful looking cupcakes!! xo Catherine
bakerbynature says
Hi Catherine! Thank you so much 🙂 Sprinkles make everything pretty! xo