{Recipe} Champagne Cupcakes

I saw these on Pinterest - shocking I know! 

BUT the for real shocker is that they are from Betty Crocker! 

I can honestly say I had no idea all the wonderful recipes and concoctions I found existed on BETTY CROCKER! Some of them are SO innovative!! 

Last night I had a hankering for some cupcakes! 

We didn't have many eggs and ZERO oil AND I wanted something fun and NOT boring. 

ENTER: CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKES

(should be PINK but this girl doesn't have food coloring)

Champagne Cupcakes

1

box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix (I used Vanilla cake)

1 1/4

cups champagne

1/3

cup vegetable oil

3

egg whites

Buttercream Frosting

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

4

cups powdered sugar

1/4

cup milk

1

teaspoon vanilla

• 1
  Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• 2
  In large bowl, mix dry cake mix and champagne. Add oil and egg whites. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• 3
  Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• 4
  In medium bowl, beat frosting ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with garnishes. Store loosely covered.

OK NOW I followed the frosting directions. It was THICK! 

so I decided I needed to add some milk...this was my frosting outcome:

When you are finished laughing, NOTE that this frosting was administered VIA A PIPING BAG! 

No, no, I'm not joking.
Seriously - SADDEST attempt EVER. 

I went back and added some more powdered sugar to thicken up the frosting.

VIOLA! Sheer perfection y'all!!! 

AHHHH! Much better! 

I LOVED these! The champagne gave the cake a fresh/crisp flavor.
These would seriously be perfect to take to the beach.

Because I had so many, I took pretty much ALL of them to work today.  

I plan on making a pretty good amount for Saturday night, with some variety so we'll have leftovers this weekend. 

SO what did I learn from this?? Use frosting from the tub - it is PERFECT for decorating...

Seriously people, they perfected cake in a box and frosting in a jar. Take ADVANTAGE.

Just sayin!

Happy almost Friday!!