Easy Mardi Gras King Cake Cupcakes
Dough:
- 1 Tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (Hawaiian bread flavor)
- 8oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon
Filling:
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Glaze:
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp milk
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- Sprinkles for topping: purple, yellow, green
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Spray 4 cups in muffin tin with non-stick spray
- In mixer bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy.
- In separate bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Mix well, set aside.
- Open crescent roll the and place dough onto a piece of wax paper or parchment paper.
- Seal diagonal perforations and separate into 4 separate rectangles.
- Generously sprinkle all four rectangles with cinnamon- sugar mixture.
- Evenly dollop cream cheese mixture on all four rectangles.
- Gently roll each rectangle using long side. Pinch to seal seam and ends.
- Fold left end to the center of rectangle, then fold right side over left.
- Place each roll into greased muffin tin cup end up.
- Cover with foil and bake for 12 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake an additional 12 minutes.
- While cupcakes are baking, make glaze.
- 1 cup confectioner sugar, 1 tsp milk, 1/8 tsp vanilla. If you want thinner icing, add a bit more milk.
- Allow cupcakes to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.
- Place on serving plate and drizzle glaze over the top. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles.
If you would like to add a token, you can do so before decorating.
Credits
Muneib Chater
Updated: March 04, 2019 11:15 AM
Created: March 03, 2019 09:08 AM
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