This recipe for White Wedding Cake Cupcakes is one of the most popular recipes on RecipeGirl.com. These are seriously simple to make – you’ll be shocked! But they turn out the best cupcakes. They’re so good!
Watch the video showing you how to make White Wedding Cake Cupcakes, then scroll to the very bottom of this post to print out the complete recipe so you can make these at home.
What supplies do you need to make Wedding Cupcakes?
If you’re looking for the right supplies to make these cupcakes, here are my suggestions (these are affiliate links to Amazon):
- 12-cup muffin pan
- My suggestion for the cupcake liners is to visit a local baking supply shop where you live. They should carry a good, white liner that won’t have the cupcake turning out greasy.
- Edible sugar pearls
- large plastic disposable pastry bags for piping the frosting
- For icing the cupcakes, I recommend trying either the Wilton Open Star 1M tip or the Wilton Closed Star 2D. Both of these you can usually find at craft or baking supply stores. Or just order a whole decorator tip kit and try out different ones!
- These disposable cupcake boxes are great… because you can bake and decorate your cupcakes, then store them in the boxes and refrigerate them overnight!
This White Wedding Cake Cupcakes recipe has been featured in a post on The Recipe Girl blog, with more photographs and information on the decorator tips that were used and which icing recipe is best (Wedding Cupcake Buttercream) and How to Make Wedding Cupcakes.
Go there for all of the answers to your questions about details on what tips were used for the frosting etc.
I’m not usually one to use a boxed cake mix and doctor it up. I’m much more accustomed to using entirely homemade recipes.
But these turn out delicious, moist and fluffy cupcakes- perfect for holding buttercream frosting. It’s crazy, but it’s true!
Tips for baking the best White Wedding Cake Cupcakes:
As you can see from the photo, the cupcakes lay pretty flat on top and don’t rise into a mound like some cupcakes. This is a good thing, actually.
You want those cupcakes to have a flat layer so there is a nice, flat base for piping frosting on top.
Don’t fret if the tops of the cupcakes appear to be slightly moist. That’s okay! Just cover them with your buttercream frosting, and all will be fine.
For best results, look for white cupcake papers from a real baking supply store. They’ll have the best products, and that is where I buy the papers that I use.
This recipe has been pinned more than one million times by RecipeGirl readers, and the recipe has been made by thousands and thousands of people.
I receive so many happy emails from brides who chose to use this recipe for their wedding. It’s that good!
Can you bake a cake with the White Wedding Cake Cupcakes Recipe?
Yes! This recipe can also be used to make wedding cake. I made cupcakes for the wedding- plus a mini cake for the bride and groom to take home and keep.
I used the same Wedding Cupcake Buttercream for the cake too. It pipes beautifully! See the links below for the Wedding Cake and Wedding Cupcake Buttercream links!
I’ve made larger cakes by doubling the recipe, and I’ve made mini cakes– as pictured.
If you have additional questions, it might be helpful to read through the comments below the recipe– you might find the answers you are looking for 🙂
As with using any recipe for an important occasion, my best advice is to test this recipe out and see how you like it before you make it for the big day. Frost the cupcakes and everything!
Then you’ll know if this recipe is for you.
Here are a few links that may be helpful to you:
- How to Make Wedding Cupcakes (a post showing you how I made them for a wedding)
- Wedding Cupcake Buttercream (the best frosting recipe for these cupcakes)
- Chocolate Wedding Cupcakes
- White Wedding Cake
White Wedding Cake Cupcakes
Ingredients
- One 15.25-ounce box white cake mix
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 large egg whites
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Place cupcake liners in cupcake pans (you'll need approx. 36).
- In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix, flour, sugar and salt. Add remaining ingredients and beat with hand mixer for 2 minutes, or until well blended.
- Use an ice cream scoop to fill prepared cupcake tins- fill about 3/4 full. Bake about 18 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Notes
TIPS:
- Recommend: Most companies have downsized the size of their cake mix from 18.25 to smaller. Some readers have made this recipe as indicated using the smaller size mix and still had great success. Others bought a 2nd mix and added in the missing ounces to the first box. It's up to you on what you want to try. I've had success with making this recipe as-is with the new, smaller cake mixes. Reading through some of the comments on the post may help...
- You can use either regular or light sour cream for this recipe, but heck... since it's a wedding cupcake and you want it to be as delicious and moist as possible, I recommend going for the full-fat kind.
- Add 1 teaspoon of almond extract (in addition to the vanilla) if you wish to have a different flavor.
- Using a spring ice cream scoop is perfect for getting the batter into the cupcake tins without spilling.
- You can also use this mix to make cake. Pour into greased and floured cake pans. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I am SO excited to have found this recipe!!! I’m making them for my daughter’s wedding in March. I’ve made them a few times to make sure they’ll work and my husband thinks they are the best cupcake he has ever had!! Can’t wait until the wedding when I get to dress them up all pretty!!!
Glad to hear!
Could you substitute the water with champagne if you wanted to make a champagne cupcake?
Have never done so, I’m not sure! Sounds like a fun idea, though!
Okay…I just made them! Delicious! I’m sure the original with sour cream is better, but the way I had to make it was great as well! I made buttermilk with rice milk (1TBSP white vinegar and add enough rice milk to make 1 cup total)..I let it sit for about 30 minutes to thicken, to which I don’t think it really did, but I had to try anyway! 😉 Then when it came time to add the sour cream I added 3/4 of the rice milk buttermilk and 1/3 cup dairy free margarine. I followed the rest of the recipe exactly, and they turned out!!
I am desprate for help! I’m undertaking the task of cupcakes for my little one’s 1st birthday, and am hitting some brick walls. 🙁 He is dairy intolerant..no milk, no butter, no dairy. This recipe sounds so amazing, and I’m determined to make it. My only issue is the sour cream. Would you have any suggestions on what to substitue? I’m going to experiement before I bake them for the party to make sure they taste good, but I don’t even have any idea where to start.
Thanks a million!
I wish I could help… I’m not sure. Maybe try Googling non-dairy cake recipes?
Can you make these using a Pillsbury white cake mix? They were all out of Duncan Hines at the store.
Yes!
I’ve made cupcakes with this recipe multiple times and they always come out FABULOUS! Being from Alabama, football is a big part of our weekends and I always make these for tailgating at Auburn games (War Eagle!) and I usually color the cupcakes and frosting to match the team colors (orange and blue). I’m making some this Monday for the Alabama/LSU national championship game, and I’ll be coloring these purple and gold for LSU, along with a Red Velvet recipe to cover the Alabama colors (crimson and white). These are always such a big hit. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
just wanted to tell you these cupcakes were awesome. i used french vanilla duncan hines mix. My mom also loved these and by the way she is like a hound dog when it comes to cake mix can sniff it out a mile away. lol she called me and wanted the recipe immediately for a church function….
this is the best cupcake ever – I made them for a banquet at a women’s retreat and even people that admited not being “cake fans” loved these. I just did a basic buttercream frosting with a hint of lemon – big hit!
My mother-in-law made these for Christmas Day dessert and they were a HIT! I whipped up the buttercream icing, a recipe we found on the internet, and the combination was heavenly.
Would you also share the recipe and technique for the frosting you used in the picture? I would like to make some that look just like that. Thnx
Here’s a more detailed post for how I made the cupcakes! https://www.recipegirl.com/2009/03/17/how-to-make-wedding-cupcakes/