January 15, 2020
Prosecco Cupcakes!
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Boozy prosecco cupcakes with prosecco soaked sponges, prosecco buttercream frosting, and more! The perfect cupcakes for any celebration!
2020!
Christmas has only just gone, it’s the new year, it’s January. Yep, in case you hadn’t realised… it’s not just any New Years, it’s the beginning of a new decade, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
I still remember being at a party for the 1999-2000 new year, even though I was only 7 at the time, and how on earth has it been twenty entire years since then?! My mind can’t quite comprehend how quickly the time has gone and it’s actually insane!
Prosecco cupcakes
I decided the perfect way to celebrate the new decade was with a recipe that everyone has been requesting for a very long time – prosecco cupcakes! It seems the ideal time to post it and it is delicious too.
I decided to go with cupcakes for this recipe, as it’s such an easy thing to bake for a crowd – you don’t need to separate and slice a cake, you can just hand out the cupcakes as you go!
I’ve made a champagne cheesecake before (which you can obviously use prosecco for instead), and a raspberry & Prosecco trifle – but never a real “bake”! I thought cupcakes would be cute – and I just love how they turned out!
Prosecco
I know I will get jokes about how the prosecco will never make it to the cupcakes, but when you’ve just had a New Years party and are now sick of the sight of it, you won’t have an issue putting it in some cupcakes! Honestly, I overbought, and had some left as expected… but wow.
What Prosecco you use doesn’t really matter – it’s not the sort of bake where you will really get a strong flavour of the type of prosecco, more just a general flavour – so don’t worry about using the most expensive on this.
Prosecco swaps!
You can swap it to a rose prosecco for example, but again, the flavour might not be so prominent to be able to tell which one it is. Also, you can easily swap for Champagne or any sparkling wine! Either way, it’s damn delicious!
Buttercream
The buttercream will be slightly slacker than usual, as you have put in liquid. YOU MUST USE REAL BUTTER. I can not stress this enough – you need to use UNSALTED BUTTER. Not any spread, of any kind. If you use a spread, or a dairy-free spread and so on… it might well be a sloppy mess. You have been warned!
Either way, I hope you all had a fantastic 2019, and have a wonderful 2020! x
Prosecco Cupcakes!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 150 g caster sugar
- 150 g self raising flour
- 3 medium eggs
- 2 tsp prosecco flavouring (optional - replace with 1/2tsp vanilla)
Prosecco Drizzle
- 150 ml prosecco
- 150 g caster sugar
Buttercream
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 400 g icing sugar
- 4-5 tbsp prosecco drizzle (above)
Decoration
- Prosecco soaked raspberries
- Sprinkles
- Prosecco truffles
Instructions
For the Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and get 12 cupcake cases ready!
- Beat together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in your flour, eggs and flavouring and beat again until smooth!
- Split evenly between the cupcake cases and bake for 17-20 minutes - I usually do 18 minutes!
- Whilst the cupcakes are baking, make your drizzle.
- Add your prosecco and sugar to a small pan, and heat on a low-medium heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. (Reserve 4-5tbsp for later!)
- Once the cupcakes have baked, remove from the oven. Drizzle the drizzle over and leave to cool fully!
For the Decoration
- Beat your butter on it's own until lovely and supple. Room temperature butter is best - do NOT use any form of spread.
- Once beaten, add in the icing sugar and beat again until lovely!
- Slowly add in the prosecco drizzle, until you reach your desired buttercream! The more you add, the softer your buttercream will be, so I don't generally do more than 5tbsp!
- Pipe the buttercream onto your cupcakes - I used a 2D closed star piping tip!
- Decorate with whatever you fancy - I used some prosecco truffles, prosecco soaked raspberries, and some sprinkles!
Notes
- These cupcakes will last for 3 days once made!
- I used a random prosecco from Waitrose - but you can use any!
- I buy my prosecco flavouring from here, but it is optional!
- You can decorate the cupcakes however you fancy, but I use this piping tip because it's my favourite ever!
ENJOY!
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Hi Jane, is there a way to make this bake egg free please?
I was just wondering if you have any tips of how to get the butter warmer if baking when the room temperature is quite cold so the butter can’t get slightly warmer than the fridge. Thanks xx
You just need to leave it out longer! x
I sometimes warm the bowl it will go in! I use hot water in the bowl, leave it to stand for a few mins, tip it out then dry it fully and add the butter in to soften
Hi Jane, can you confirm how much of the prosecco flavouring you use as the recipe states tsp’s should it be drops ?. I tried the tsp quantity and it’s not very nice.
It depends on the brand of flavouring you use, and also personal taste – I prefer it strong!! x
Hi Jane,
I’m thinking of making these for Mother’s Day, but am thinking of doing a vanilla cupcake, with prosecco buttercream and freeze dried raspberry pieces on top.
Would prosecco flavouring work instead of the drizzle in the buttercream?
Thank you,
Dana
Yes that would definitely work!! x
I’m partway through making these but they smell great and it’s a nice simple recipe to follow. I’m just wondering how much of the drizzle to use, as the recipe makes a lot. I’ve put a good amount on but I’m wary of putting more.
Yeah so it can make surplus but its also harder to make smaller amounts, so you can put as much or as little as you want x
I have added the drizzle but its just gone through the cases and the cases are soaked?
Oh gosh Jane, heavy sigh when you say at end of recipe, ‘have a wonderful 2020’ (little did we all know!). typing this 27th Dec 2020. I want to make s a Victoria sponge and I see above one batch of cup cakes for one one layer, I already have a mango chunks butter filling cream in freezer , do you think I could stir(hand whisk) the prosecco into it? Thanks.
Yeah I think that could be tasty!! x
Would the butter be able to be substituted for lactose free butter?
Hi! Just made these this evening but I wonder if I did something wrong! I couldn’t taste the Prosecco at all! I wonder if I did the drizzle wrong… i just dissolved the sugar but is it supposed to boil up and go syrupy?
Please can you help? Thank you so much!
Olivia
It depends on the Prosecco, and personal taste – it’s not a very very strong flavour as it can’t be, but it may just not be quite enough for you! x
Thank you so much Jane – will try a different prosecco next time :-))
Can I use prosecco in the sponge instead of prosecco flavouring? Amazing recipe xx
I wouldn’t personally – just the drizzle would do! x
How long will the drizzle keep for
Thank you.
Love your recipes.
I’m not 100% sure – I would say in the fridge it would easily last 4-5 days! x
Does the drizzle give it stronger flavour. I’m making this for friends birthday.
Thank you
Yes it does!
Safe for children to eat?
As they do have alcohol in them I would say it’s up to your own discretion whether you let your children have them.
Can this be adapted for an 8 inch cake and would you just pour the drizzle over both layers before buttercream
A really easy cupcake recipe to follow however the prosecco flavouring in the cupcake itself didn’t make it taste too nice but that’s just my taste buds. I’ll stick to simple vanilla next time 🙂
Hi,
Can I ask, what is prosecco flavouring? What to make sure it get these perfect!
It’s a flavouring, just like vanilla, but it’s Prosecco flavoured!
Hi Jane
Want to turn this yummy recipe into a 50th Birthday Cake for my friend. What changes would you recommend to turn it from cupcake to three layer cake?
Thanks
Karen
I usually say one batch of cupcakes = 1 layer of an 8″ cake! Bake for about 35 minutes or so, but otherwise everything else is the same!