Almond Cupcakes

These cupcakes were actually ordered by one of Alex’s coworkers for an event for 2^nd graders. She asked me to make a white cupcake with a fun frosting color and exciting sprinkles. I decided on a plain white almond cake with a colored almond frosting since it is one of the most basic flavors in my opinion.When I cook with almond extract I always add in a little bit of vanilla. This just adds a little bit of sweet into the mixture to temper the bitter almond flavor. I do not suggest leaving this part out since plain almond desserts tend to be pretty bitter. This being said, the main flavor of this cupcake is almond. It shines through over any vanilla you add.I really loved the teal and yellow combination that I came up with. However, you can use any sort of gel food coloring you may like. When you use gel food coloring it doesn’t thin your icing like if you used a liquid food coloring. I prefer to use the Wilton brand gel food colorings since they are super easy to work with.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:212]Source: Cake adapted from: Sweet! – Editors of Food Network Magazine