Baseball Cupcakes
These cute baseball cupcakes are topped with frosting that’s shaped and decorated to look like 3D baseballs — perfect for team parties or game day!
Baseball Cupcakes
If you’re looking for a fun dessert for baseball season, these baseball-themed cupcakes are a guaranteed home run!
We started with soft, from-scratch vanilla cupcakes and topped them with homemade buttercream. The frosting is shaped and decorated to look like little 3-dimensional baseballs. Almost too cute to eat!
These cupcakes are a great treat for team parties, end-of-season celebrations, or bringing along to the ballpark for a special snack. The vanilla cupcake base is light and fluffy, and the smooth buttercream frosting gives you the perfect surface for piping the classic red stitching that makes each cupcake look just like a baseball.
Best of all, they’re easier to make than they look! With a few simple piping steps, you can turn a batch of homemade cupcakes into a dessert that’s perfect for baseball fans of all ages.
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- Dairy: Unsalted butter, eggs, milk
- Dry goods: Granulated sugar, oil, vanilla extract, baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour
For the frosting:
- Dairy: Unsalted butter, milk
- Dry Goods: Powdered sugar, salt
- Colors & Flavorings: Vanilla extract, red food coloring, green food coloring
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Instructions
To Prep: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place cupcake liners in a standard muffin tin and set aside.
To Make The Cupcakes:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the softened butter and sugar until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add in the eggs, vanilla, oil and milk. Mix well, scraping down the sides often. Next, add in the salt, baking powder and flour. Mix thoroughly, scraping down the sides as needed.
- Portion out the batter in the cupcake liners, filling each one no more than 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 14 minutes. Allow to cool completely before decorating.
To Make The Frosting:
- In the bowl of the stand mixer, combine the softened butter and about half of the powdered sugar. Mix on low speed until just combined.
- Add in the remaining powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and salt. Mix on low until those ingredients are incorporated, then increase to medium speed, whipping the frosting until smooth and creamy.
- Divide the frosting among three small bowls: keep two-thirds of the frosting white, color about 1/4 cup of the frosting red, and 1 cup of frosting green. should be tinted red and the remaining 1 cup of frosting should be tinted green.
- Scoop the white frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Transfer the red frosting into a pastry bag with a small round tip, and the green frosting to a pastry bag fitted with a grass tip or small star tip.
To Assemble & Decorate:
- Pipe a large round ball in the center of each cupcake. Use an offset spatula or similar to smooth the tops so they are rounded like a baseball.
- Use the red frosting to draw two rows of red stitching along the sides of the ball.
- Finally, pipe the green grass around the outside edges of each cupcake.
Prep Tips
- Frosting – While you can use canned frosting in a pinch, homemade buttercream holds its shape much better, so it is probably better for this recipe.
- Cupcakes – For a shortcake recipe, you can use a box of cake mix for the cupcake mix. Be sure to use the 15.25oz box size. Baking time will be a little less – about 20 minutes.
- Storage – Cupcakes should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
More Sports-Themed Recipes
- Chocolate-Covered Soccer Oreos
- Football Brownies
- Soccer Field Sheet Cake
- Soccer Themed Kids Bento Lunch
- Football Snack Board
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Baseball Cupcakes
These cute baseball cupcakes are topped with frosting that's shaped and decorated to look like 3D baseballs — perfect for team parties or game day!
Servings: 16 Cupcakes
Calories: 390kcal
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Muffin Pan
- Stand mixer
- Frosting decorating bags
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
For the frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- Red food coloring
- Green food coloring
Instructions
- To Prep: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place cupcake liners in a standard muffin tin and set aside.
To Make The Cupcakes:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the softened butter and sugar until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add in the eggs, vanilla, oil and milk. Mix well, scraping down the sides often. Next, add in the salt, baking powder and flour. Mix thoroughly, scraping down the sides as needed.
- Portion out the batter in the cupcake liners, filling each one no more than 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 14 minutes. Allow to cool completely before decorating.
To Make The Frosting:
- In the bowl of the stand mixer, combine the softened butter and about half of the powdered sugar. Mix on low speed until just combined.
- Add in the remaining powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and salt. Mix on low until those ingredients are incorporated, then increase to medium speed, whipping the frosting until smooth and creamy.
- Divide the frosting among three small bowls: keep two-thirds of the frosting white, color about 1/4 cup of the frosting red, and 1 cup of frosting green. should be tinted red and the remaining 1 cup of frosting should be tinted green.
- Scoop the white frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Transfer the red frosting into a pastry bag with a small round tip, and the green frosting to a pastry bag fitted with a grass tip or small star tip.
To Assemble & Decorate:
- Pipe a large round ball in the center of each cupcake. Use an offset spatula or similar to smooth the tops so they are rounded like a baseball.
- Use the red frosting to draw two rows of red stitching along the sides of the ball.
- Finally, pipe the green grass around the outside edges of each cupcake.
Notes
Nutrition information is provided as an estimate only.
Prep Tips:
- Frosting: Homemade buttercream holds its shape best, but canned frosting works in a pinch.
- Cupcakes: You can use a 15.25 oz box cake mix; bake about 20 minutes.
- Storage: Store cupcakes airtight in the fridge up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 390kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 169mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 562IU | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg
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