Boy or Girl? Blue or Pink? Let these fun, delicious Gender Reveal Cupcakes be the tell-all at your next gender reveal party!
If you follow Kitchen Cents, you have probably noticed that for the past few months posts have slowed. I have an okay reason for that. I promise! I’ve had a bun in the oven. Being pregnant, food and growing a baby don’t bode well for me.
When it came time to find out what we were having I decided to find out early as a birthday present to myself. Knowing this would be our last baby, I really just wanted to know. I would be fine with boy or girl but secretly was hoping for another, our fourth, girl.
On the day of the ultrasound, the plan was to NOT find out what the gender was at the doctor’s office. Partly because I didn’t want to freak out and start crying in front of people if we found out it was a boy. I also wanted to give the girls a fun (tasty) visual of what we would have. Pink for a girl, blue for a boy!
We invited my mom down to join us in the ultrasound where the tech would fill out our homemade card, seal it with the gender reveal inside, and give it to my mom. My mom would then open the card in secret and give us the correct cupcakes for what gender we would have. I made half the cupcakes with blue filling and the other half with pink so I could be just as surprised.
We headed to the park after the ultrasound. My mom (and little sister) gave us the cupcakes and recorded our reactions. P.S. sorry for the super windy video! IT’S A…
<3 <3 <3 <3 We are so happy and excited! Girls RULE…, especially in our Koller home!
Our ultrasound tech is fairly positive we are having another bright, beautiful little miss! No question there. Haha!
Are you ready to learn how to make your own gender surprise cupcakes?
The secret is… semi-homemade! These super simple gender reveal cupcakes are made with a doctored up cake mix. We used lemon but you can use whatever kind of cake you prefer.
Recipe Overview
Semi-Homemade Cupcakes:
Start with a lemon cake box mix (or flavor of your choice). Added the eggs, butter, sour cream, almond extract, and club soda.
When I make cupcakes using a box cake mix I usually only get 18 to 22 cupcakes out of it because I like to fill them with a D20 scoop.
Baked as directed then let them cool completely. While the cupcakes were cooling prep the frosting.
Frosting:
Being tight on time, I opted for a semi-homemade option for the frosting and picked up some pre-whipped vanilla icing from my local grocery store bakery. I kept the majority of the frosting white for the tops but colored a small amount (about 1 cup each) blue and pink for the center surprise.
I did both blue and pink for the filling because I wasn’t finding out until my husband and kids found out. If you were to throw a party for family and friends and already knew what the gender was you could do just the one color.
Add The Surprise Color:
Next, used a small scoop to remove a small circle of cake from the center but keep the top (piece of cake you removed). You’ll put it back onto the cupcake after it’s filled.
Then pipe a dollop of colored filling into each cupcake. If you are doing blue and pink, make sure to remember which is which. That would be a sad but funny mix up. Once they are all filled, put the tops back on.
Finalizing the Gender Reveal Cupcakes:
It’s time for the white frosting to hide the surprise. After the white frosting is on add a colorful (but neutral) touch with some fun sprinkles.
That’s it! So cute, fun, and easy!
Now for the real fun! Let your friends and family find the cute gender reveal color inside.
Have you thrown a gender reveal party for family and friends? I’d love to hear how you announced the big news. Drop your story in the comments!
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Gender Reveal Cupcakes:
Gender Reveal Lemon Almond Surprise Cupcakes
Boy or Girl? Blue or Pink? Let these fun, delicious Gender Reveal Lemon Almond Surprise Cupcakes be your tell-all at your next gender reveal party! Delicious Lemon Almond cupcake filled with light whipped frosting.
Ingredients
- 1 box lemon cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup club soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 cups pre-whipped vanilla icing, I buy it from a grocery store bakery such as Macey's, Fry's, Smith's, Ridley's Bakery counter
- red/blue food coloring
- Gender neutral sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven as directed on cake mix (350-375 degrees F).
- Line cupcake pan with paper liners. Fill liners using a D20 scoop (about 3/4 full). This will make about 18-21 cupcakes.
- Bake as directed on cake mix box (about 24-28 minutes). Cool completely.
- Color about 1 1/2 cups pre-whipped vanilla icing in color of your choice (pink for girl, blue for boy). Place in ziploc bag and cut off end to make a piping bag.
- Scoop small hole into each cupcake where colored filling will go. Place top back on. Pip or frost remaining white icing onto top to hid color inside of each cupcake and add sprinkles.
- Have a gender reveal party and celebrate!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 441Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 372mgCarbohydrates: 66gFiber: 1gSugar: 50gProtein: 3g
Originally Published: 08.08.2017 Updated: 03.07.2024
Congratulations Rachel. These cupcakes were a cute way to reveal the gender. I hope that you are feeling better and that things are going well. A girl – how fun!
Thanks, Audrey! We’re all getting excited to meet this little lady, especially my two oldest. Ryan will forever be outnumbered! LOL