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.
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!
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!
Nutrition
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Dana DeVolk
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Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
These look absolutely delicious! Anything involving champagne is good in my book.
[email protected] Table Treasures says
I love mimosa! These look absolutely amazing!
Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books says
These look amazing!
Lauren C. says
These look amazing! Pinning! Thanks for sharing on Six Sisters Stuff!
Lauren Copeland
Life Well Sweetened Blog
http://www.lifewellsweetened.com/
Made From Pinterest says
This looks amazing!!! I’m soo gonna make this as soon as possible! Keep up the good work, I love reading your posts!
Jen says
I would love to serve these at New Year’s or any brunch party! Pinning for future reference – thanks for sharing!
Courtney from A Life From Scratch says
These look so seriously tasty. Yum! Made my way here via the Busy Monday linky. Thanks for sharing! If you get a chance to stop by my blog sometime, I’d love it!
Lindsay Eidahl says
These look amazing! Thanks for sharing on Show Me Saturday!
Sarah R. says
GIRL…STOP IT! These look amazeballs and I don’t need to be making any more of your recipes. 😉 Thank you for linking this up at Snickerdoodle Sunday- hope you’ll come back later this week with your latest makes!
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Dana DeVolk says
LOL, you funny.
Kristina and Millie says
oh yeah i would eat a few of these for sure! I love those little halos so having them in a slightly less messy form of a cup cake (hey I am experienced at messy eating lol) would be so delish!! love this!
[email protected] says
Oh my goodness! Mimosas are my favorite, I will definitely have to try baking these!!
Pinned. 🙂
Diane Balch says
I love citrus flavored treats in the winter.. they make me think of summer. Pinned. Thanks for sharing this with us on Weekend Bites.
Theresa @DearCreatives says
Looks so yummy & love how easy they are to make! Happy holidays Dana!
Louise Douglas says
Hey there Dana, those cupcakes looks good and sounds good too, I’d love to give them a try! I’m Louise Douglas with A Gainesville mom writes, and one of the newest co-hosts on Wakeup Wednesday linky, and I’m just stopping by to say congrats for being featured on this weeks linky! I have met some pretty amazing women behind a blog while co-hosting, and I’m thankful that I decided to give it a try because I may have never met you all if it wasn’t for the linky party! I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, and you are so amazing that I’m your newest follower on pinterest, twitter, and + google! you rock!
Ashley says
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.
Dana DeVolk says
Yay! I’m so glad you liked them, and thanks for letting us know!
Katie says
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!!
Dana DeVolk says
WOW! LOL, never heard that one before but I’ll take it! Thanks so much!!
Marissa says
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.
Dana DeVolk says
YUM! I wish I was there, lol