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Mini Mimosa Cupcakes, bite-sized cupcakes infused with fresh squeezed orange juice and topped with fluffy champagne buttercream frosting!
Mimosa cupcakes – easy, from scratch, and perfect for brunch.
Mimosa Cupcakes
Okay, okay, now I know I’ve said this a thousand times BUT…. these HAVE to be the best cupcakes I have ever made.
I know. Trust me on this, these little cuties are just bursting with mimosa flavor! How adorable will they be on your holiday brunch spread OR at a New Year’s Ever party…. swoon.
HERE IS WHAT OUR READERS ARE SAYING:
“I made these tonight and brought them to a rehearsal: everyone RAVED about them! The only difference I made was substituting melted butter for vegetable oil. Someone said they were heavenly and on a totally different spiritual plane than us haha. Amazing recipe!!” – Katie
AND, they are just so photogenic… I may have gone a touch overboard with these pics…. #SorryNotSorry
These are soooo easy to make too, I used a boxed white cake mix, like usual. I juiced those mini Halos mandarin oranges for the liquid in the cupcakes and wow, they are really bursting with sweet orange flavor! Also, I got the recipe inspiration for the frosting from Gimme Some Oven.
How to make mimosa cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fresh squeeze oranges for 1 cup of juice.
- Mix juice with the rest of the ingredients with a hand mixer until combined. On medium speed, mix for another 2 minutes.
- Fill mini cupcake tins lined with wrappers 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake 10-12 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Place on a wired rack for 5 minutes, and then transfer cupcakes directly on to rack. Cool completely.
- Top cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles, if desired. Serve and enjoy!
I just can’t get over how amazing these came out. Even Jeremy, a big skeptic that normally doesn’t like things that aren’t “traditional” went nuts over these! I think he had 10 in one sitting but who’s counting? LOL
Please, please try these mini mimosa cupcakes! Even if you think you don’t like champagne, these are just amazing. The alcohol flavor is verrrry subtle but they taste just like the best mimosa!
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How to make mini mimosa cupcakes from scratch
Mini Mimosa Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 Cup orange juice fresh squeezed
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 Cup water
- 1/3 Cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp orange zest
Champagne Buttercream Frosting
- 3 1/4 Cup powdered sugar
- 1 Cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 Tbsp champagne
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix juice with the rest of the ingredients with a hand mixer until combined. On medium speed, mix for another 2 minutes.
- Fill mini cupcake tins lined with wrappers 2/3 of the way full. Bake 10-12 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Place on a wired rack for 5 minutes, and then transfer cupcakes directly on to a rack. Cool completely.
Champagne Buttercream Frosting
- Cream together the butter and sugar with a hand mixer on medium speed. Add in the remaining ingredients and whip on high speed for two minutes until light and fluffy.
- Top cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles, if desired. Serve and enjoy!
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I think it would work!
Goint to try these I wonder if some of the water could be changed out to champagne? Any thoughts?
going to try these I
YUM! I wish I was there, lol
I made these for a girls’ night, and they were devoured. Only change I made was to unsweetened applesauce in place of vegetable oil. I also topped the cooled cupcakes with some of the champagne, before frosting them, and garnished the frosting with orange zest.
WOW! LOL, never heard that one before but I’ll take it! Thanks so much!!
I made these tonight and brought them to a rehearsal: everyone RAVED about them! The only difference I made was substituting melted butter for vegetable oil. Someone said they were heavenly and on a totally different spiritual plane than us haha. Amazing recipe!!
Yay! I’m so glad you liked them, and thanks for letting us know!
I made these for my new job to share with the girls and they were a huge hit! I made a couple of changes/additions but mostly kept it the same and everyone wanted the recipe. Definitely gonna have to make these again soon.