mini brown butter funfetti cupcakes + brown sugar buttercream
Five years! This week marks five whole years since I first pressed “publish” on a post on Girl Versus Dough. INSANE.
In some ways, that feels like forever and ever ago; in others, it feels like yesterday (cliche, I know, but the truth). Never in the wildest of my wildest dreams did I think, when I first pressed “publish” then, that now I’d be sitting here, doing what I love full time — that is to say, making things like mini brown butter funfetti cupcakes and chatting you up about them (because OMG, we have to talk about these). Is this real life? I still pinch myself sometimes to make sure.
Recently I’ve found myself hooked on “America’s Got Talent” (I promise this segue is going somewhere), which is SO STRANGE because apart from the melodramedy/train wreck that is “The Bachelor/Bachelorette,” I am not much of a reality TV watcher. But for some reason, this show has me hooked. Maybe it has to do with people doing crazy things like bending their bodies over their heads and flipping like a million feet in the air and performing magic tricks that make it look like they sliced their middles in half. In any case, now you know what I’m watching Tuesday and Wednesday nights — if you were wondering.
All of that to say, I’ve been trying to figure out what my talent would be if I went on the show, and I finally figured it out: Not eating these all of these cupcakes in one sitting. You think I’m kidding. But when you have brown butter, rainbow sprinkles, cake and brown sugar buttercream involved, it’s darn near impossible to avoid mass consumption. Give them a try and you’ll understand (and get your fat pants ready).
I thought this triple threat of a combo — that is, brown butter + funfetti + brown sugar — would be a perfect way to not only celebrate five years o’ blogging, but to sport these adorable push pops I received from Laguna Wholesale, a dessert tool/catering supply company. Aren’t they fun? They come in four different shapes and sizes, are BPA-free and they’re washable and reusable. I foresee a lot of push poppin’ in my future — not just with cupcakes, but also with fruit, or candy, or stacks of crackers and cheese for Avery’s school lunches when she is older.
Mini Brown Butter Funfetti Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Buttercream
- Prep Time: 4 hours 25 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 4 hours 40 mins
- Yield: About 48 mini cupcakes 1x
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup rainbow-colored sprinkles, plus more for topping
For the buttercream frosting:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Continue to cook butter, stirring constantly, until brown bits form and butter turns a golden, caramel color. Remove from heat. Pour butter into a small bowl or cup. Cover and chill in fridge at least 4 hours until hardened again. When ready to make cupcakes, remove butter from fridge and bring to room temperature. Cut into small cubes.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two 24-cup mini muffin tins with baking spray.
- In a large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, whisk flours, sugar, baking powder and salt (with paddle attachment, if using a stand mixer) until well combined. Gradually add the cubed butter and stir 1 to 2 minutes until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add eggs, milk and vanilla; stir until just combined. Increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes, scraping sides of bowl occasionally, until mixture is light and smooth. Fold in sprinkles.
- Fill prepared muffin tin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 15 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes 10 minutes in pan, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- To make the buttercream: Cream butter and brown sugar in a stand mixer (or in a large bowl using an electric hand mixer). Add vanilla; stir to combine. Gradually add enough powdered sugar until a stiff but smooth frosting forms. Transfer frosting to a piping bag.
- Pipe frosting on top of fully cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle tops with extra sprinkles. If using push pops, stack two mini cupcakes on top of each other and carefully place inside a push pop. Repeat with remaining cupcakes/push pops.
Disclosure: I received compensation from Laguna Wholesale for recipe development purposes. All opinions are my own.
My favorite treat to make for a celebration is cake because it just screams celebration and you can decorate it so pretty!
These mini cupcakes look so cute and delish!
I like to make English toffee! It is so quick and easy, but people think I am a miracle worker. ????
CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS! What a yummy way to celebrate too. So happy to have met you, dear friend <3
For a celebration: Definitely a layer cake of some kind. It's not my #1 dessert, but everything about it says "PARTY!)
5 years?! SO AWESOME! Congrats girlfriend!
My favorite dessert for a celebration is any kind of cheesecake…but I also am obsessed with funfetti…so these are a close second! Pinned!
My fav celebration dessert is a chocolate eclair cake! Super easy to make and a nice surprise for others to see 🙂
First off, congrats on 5 years! Wow! and I love these cupcakes. . so cute! I love that you are already thinking of packing Avery’s school lunches when she is older. I love that so much. And fave treat to make? If it’s for kids, cookies or cupcakes. If it’s for adults, cocktails! 🙂
Wow, 5 years is a such a big deal. CONGRATS! Brown butter, sprinkles and cake? I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate! 🙂
5 Years!! You betta go girl!! and cupcake push up pops.. seriously. OMG! I need like that entire plate of mini cupcakes. #noshame
AHHH!!! these are the cutest!!!!!!!! lovelovelove. happy blogoversary to you!!!! yay!
The treats I love to make are different types of brownies…salted caramel is my current fav!
Five years! Congratulations! Celebrations require cupcakes! Fun. Festive. So easy to serve!
My question is: do the push pop containers come with these mini cupcakes inside? Because the would be AWESOME! They look delicious! And congratulations on five years! That is so impressive and your readers, myself included, are so happy that your here!
Congrats and thanks for filling us with doughy goodness for so long!
Celebrations around here often call for something cheesecake or something chocolate (and the real big deals get chocolatey cheesecakes 🙂 ).
Happy Blogiversary again!!! This is SUCH a fun giveaway! Totally adorable.
Awwh congrats on five years lovely!! I’m sure there’s so much more brown butter and marvelous things to come! These look absolutely adorable! Those sprinkles are the cutest :”)
5 years! Wow – congrats! 🙂 My favorite treat for a celebration is cupcakes – they are a classic, but so customizable. And so easy to make cute and pretty!
CONGRATS, lady!! I am so happy I found you through this blogging world. You are one of my favorite peeps and I can’t wait to see what another five years will bring you. Cheers to many more adventures!! xoxo
Yay! Congratulations!! 5 years 🙂 so glad I found you on the interwebs! These cuppie cakes are the perfect way to celebrate!!
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS ON FIVE YEARS STEPHANIE! Jesus, thats a mahoosive deal! I love your blog and I wish you many more happy blogging years to come!
Secondly, brown butter and funfetti?! Ridiculously amazing!
Congrats on 5 years! These cupcakes look like the perfect way to celebrate!
Adorable and festive! Congrats on the blogiversary!
My “signature” party item is a recipe that was handed down from my mother, created by her friend when they were kids. Now people request that I bring my “Brownie Bars” (think oatmeal cookie crust with a ribbon of fudge in the middle) to every event!
A big, over the top cake is definitely my favorite thing to make for a celebration. Congrats!
Congratulations!!! My family had made boxed funfetti cake for every birthday since I was a little girl. It’s a tradition. 🙂
My favorite thing to give is home made candies….fudge, divinity, bon bond, all kinds of brittle and of course peppermint and other kinds of bark. The more varieties the better so everyone can get their favorite.
Congrats on 5 years! Love these cupcakes! I love to make cupcakes for celebrations! So much fin! Pinned
Congrats on FIVE years! These little cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate.
Congrats, Stephanie! Five years is a long time to stay committed to your beautiful blog, so kudos to you! Also these push pops are adorable, I bet they will inspire some delicious desserts!
I love to make my family’s 7 layer bars, mounds bars are always good too!
Lauren — Ditto to you, sweet lady! Thank you so much. 🙂
Yayyy!! Happy Anniversary!! Wow, five years, that’s quite the milestone! These cupcakes are everything — brown butter, sprinkles and brown sugar — a dream!
For a summer celebration, I enjoy making a variety of frozen, dipped, half-bananas on popsicle sticks. I dip them in honey greek yogurt then cover them in crushed chocolate chips, nuts, coconut, pureed dried fruit or whatever fun combinations I can dream up. A little more healthy and big hit!
Five years!! You should be so proud of yourself and what you’ve created here! Seriously, girl, I absolutely love every single thing you do and am so happy that you enjoy what you do…there’s nothing more gratifying than being able to live out your passion!! Your minis…ugh, I want to carry them with me all over town!
Congrats on 5 years! I am getting close to 4 for mine. Funfetti is a great way to celebrate as I think it’s one of the best kind of cakes ever invented. I especially love the brown butter addition which I bet makes them even more addicting! And of course adorable presentation with the push pops. My favorite thing to make for a celebration is cupcakes.
I LOVE to make cheesecake. Gluten free crust, please!
My go-to treat for celebrations is anything mini– mini ice cream cone cupackes, mini tarts, mini cupcakes. Somehow there is less guilt when you eat three (or ten!) mini servings rather than one big one. : )
Julia — You’re the best, lady, thank you! I need to give you a hug in real life someday, dangit. 🙂
5 years!!! Wow you are such an inspiration. I hope you continue for many more years with recipes like this cute as cupcakes:)
cake!
Congratulations in 5 years Stephanie!! You are such an inspiration and I’m excited to watch as you continue to grow!
Happy bloggiversary! That is so awesome you’ve been blogging for 5 years! My favorite dessert to bring to a party is my bourbon salted caramel chocolate chip cookies, they are, without fail, so good and always a huge hit. Butttt…I just bought your amazing ebook and I’m going to be making your pepperoni pizza muffins for a party we’re going to next weekend!
Happy blogiversary!!! I love this space and am always inspired by your writing and wonderful creations. Muah! Also, my little niece just broke her arm and I am going to make these and bring them to her tomorrow! I will for sure send you a pic!
What I like depends on the what I am celebrating, but I love making pie and sheet cakes.
Yeah. Congrats on 5 years! Looking forward to many more years to come. Have you been watching Bachelor in Paradise? It’s really bad. And by really bad I mean REALLY GOOD! Ahhhh!!
those are so cute!!! i love making bars of any kind – makes it easier for big batches!
Phi — BOURBON in cookies? When can I come over? 😉 (Also, thank you so much for the eBook purchase; I hope you love the muffins!)
Cookies!
Rice krispy treats or cookie bars. Nostalgic for everyone and I always add chocolate to both.
Wow, congrats on your 5-year blogiversary!! That’s quite an achievement 🙂 These mini cupcakes look like the *perfect* way to celebrate – they sound so delicious and are beyond adorable!
I love to make cake for celebrations! This are so cute!
I love making bars….chocolate chip cookie bars, Peanut butter brownies, etc. Yum!
Happy Blogiversary! 5 years is a stellar achievement! I can think of no better way to celebrate! Congratulations!
whoopie pies! they’re so nostalgic. and hand-held, which is always good.
happy blogiversary!!
I like making muffins for celebrations! Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy 5 year blogiversary, Stephanie! I love your blog so much – everything you make is delicious, your photos are gorgeous, and your writing is honest, heartfelt and often hilarious. Keep on’ keepin’ on, girl.
Cutest cupcakes ever! I love these! And is there anything better than brown butter and funfetti? Too cute.
congratulations on the five year anniversary mark, that is truly an achievement to be proud of. i have only been blogging for three months and already it feels like such a long time.. these funfetti cupcakes look delicious too. i love all the sprinkle action going on!
Absolutely obsessed with these babies. Funfetti anything + brown butter = my absolute weakness.
Congrats on 5 years!
Congrats on 5 years!!
Homemade brownies with chocolate chip ice cream
The happiest of congratulations to you!!! This is so exciting!! My blog turned 5 this year too…it’s such a fun number. Cheers to soooo many more years! xoxo
I’m all about making decadent complicated layer cakes for celebrations. Happy blog birthday!!
Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary! These cupcakes look so cute!
I’m not trying to kiss your butt, but my favorite, absolute favorite treat to make are small one-bite cupcakes! So give me those desssert tools!
Congrats on that milestone! Celebrations usually include pie. Apple or pecan. And always ice cream.
I love cookies for a celebration!
Chocolate chip cookies are my go-to!
Nancy — Thank you so much, dear. I’m so glad to know you through this blogging community!
Congrats, what a huge milestone!! Love your blog! I love making strawberry shortcake for celebrations-always a showstopper!
I usually make something rich and totally bad for me so that way I can share it and not eat it all myself!
Congratulations on the huge blogiversary! That is spectacular and I look forward to many more of your delicious recipes!
I love making cupcakes for celebrations… not any particular flavor since it depends on the occasion!
Girl I cannot believe it has been five years for you! I have to say that I adore seeing your friendly posts, gorgeous photos, delicious recipes and beautiful smile on the web. It would be an empty place without you. Congrats my dear!
Adorable! I’m obsessed with these! Congrats on 5 years! That is amazing. I am about to hit my 1 year anniversary so I can’t imagine 5. Cupcake push pops are definitely the perfect way to celebrate all of your hard work.
I love making Williams Sonoma Flour less Chocolate Torte! The push pops are adorable!
Happy blog anniversary my friend! These brown butter cupcakes are just lovely! My favorite treat for a celebration? A big apple pie 😉
I like to make cupcakes for celebrations! They’re easy and they make the kids so happy!
Cupcakes!
Happy 5 years!
Can’t wait to try these cupcakes. 🙂
Any take on bar cookies or bar desserts are usually my go-to. Super easy!
Woohoo, happy 5 years! And these cupcakes might just be the cutest things ever!
My favorite treat to make for a celebration is cake pops. They are so fun and versatile!
My favorite party dessert to make is strawberry truffle and chocolate truffle. Can’t wait to try out your dessert.
Happy blogiversary to you! Great work! Let’s see, if probably have to say a layer cake for a celebration, preferably with homemade ice cream. Though I am also up for other cool looking desserts, too!
Congrats on 5 years, love!!!
They look great. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations! I’ve been a sneaky reader for a while, and love your recipes! For me, go-to dessert is cookies, but if I have a bit more time, cupcakes for sure!
Yay, congrats on 5 years Steph! Happy happy blogiversary! These brown butter funfetti cupcakes are so adorable and look like the perfect way to celebrate 🙂
I celebrate with cupcakes!! Sprinkles are magic.
Chocolate chip zuchini cake! Amazing!
My favorite dessert to make for celebrations are carrot cake cupcakes.
Congratulations on the FIVE YEARS! And being full time – woo-hoo! Such a dream job!
The cupcakes look like the perfect way to celebrate 😀
Brown butter sea salt chocolate chip cookies!
First time on your site! They look delish!
Celebrations around here call for a rum cake or caramel apple cake!
I love making a dark chocolate layer cake and piping roses all over it!
I like to make biscotti.
Congrats on 5 years! That’s amazing and you’ve accomplished so much. Job well done. Dessert’s on me. 🙂
Our new favorite is tiramisu. I just made it for my husband’s birthday and it instantly became both of our favorite desserts!
The cupcakes look amazing!
I make the Twelve Layer Cake of Champions which is a French vanilla twelve layer cake with a dark chocolate espresso ganache filling and a chocolate almond buttercream frosting. It is impressive when you cut into it.
It would probably be cupcakes…they’re cute & bite size, & you dont have to get out a knife & shortchange someone the frosting on the edge piece!!
Five Years! That is a milestone, Girl. Oh by the way, your baby is adorable!
Congratulations again on the baby. And congratulations on the 5 yr marker.
Cupcakes really are fun—not just funfetti.
Cupcakes for sure!
I love to make cake pop and push pops for special occasions. People really love the creativity that goes into them and they tardy yum!
I didn’t think funfetti cupcakes could get any cuter..and then you just had to go make them mini and put them in a push pop. It’s almost wrong how cute these are. Cheers to five years! That means 5 cupcakes (or 10 mini cupcakes, right? Math is fun!) Oh, and my favorite celebration dessert is a double chocolate bundt cake.
Funfetti cookies because you have to have sprinkles when you celebrate! It’s a must!!! 😉
Love to make peanut brittle & it’s always a hit
Happy blogiversary!!! This is one heck of a way to celebrate, love!!
My favorite celebration treat to make is cupcakes – either chocolate with chocolate frosting or red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
Happy blog birthday!! Sticking it out for this long is no easy feat. Kudos to you, girl! Also, these cupcakes are THE CUTEST. No doubt about it.
Congrats on 5 years! My favorite treats to make for get togethers are usually peach cobbler, chocolate chip cookies and “rustic” blueberry pie! (The only reason I call it rustic, is because I have yet to master an attractive and presentable top crust! Lol! But it tastes awesome and so far adding the rustic part works! Ha!)
Oh and we ate at Gordon Ramsay’s BurGR in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago and they served pudding and cookie push pops in these cute things for dessert! I’d never seen them before! Adorable!
I love to make cookies for Christmas!!!
These cupcakes are too cute, I think a dose of funfetti is just what I need :).
My go-to is carrot cake.
love making cakes for celebrations…
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Congrats on 5 years! My favorite treat to make is Cake! It depends on what the celebration is for, what cake I make. For Labor Day I’m going to make a Apple Cake to bring the fall. Making a cake you never can go wrong.
Ooh, these look excellent. You can’t miss with browned butter. I always love making cookies for any kind of celebration. So many different kinds to choose from!
My double chocolate tiramisu!
I like to make homemade chips and salsa for celebrations. That counts as a treat, right?
Congrats on another year! I like to bake oatmeal raisin cookies using golden raisins instead of the dark ones; I find the taste is smoother.
Wow wow wow! Oh yaaaay! These sprinkly, bright funfetti cupcakes are a perfect way to celebrate! I’m not intending to enter the giveaway but just wanted to say that I have loved reading along with you over the past few months, you are such a talented, beautiful and genuine blogger whom I now consider as a friend! Here’s to many more years… I know you’re going to keep going from strength to strength! Xxx
Happy Birthday!! Your blog is so pretty and I love reading it!!
Just sent daughter off to university tonight:( I need to bake these – comfort food!!
I would definitely not succeed at not eating all of the pops. These look so funny and delicious. A very happy 5 years!
YUM! these look delicious! and now I am craving a cupcake… 🙂 I love the clean icing look when using a piping bag. Definitely will be making these asap! Thanks for sharing and congrats on FIVE years!
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How would I bake for full size cupcakes?
Jennifer — This would make about 16 regular cupcakes, but you’ll have to increase the baking time, as well.