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Neapolitan Cupcakes Recipe

Recipe by: AlyssaJS7

"Brownie bottom, strawberry cake middle, and vanilla frosting top!"

Directions

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2Line 48 muffin cups with paper liners.
3Stir both packages of brownie mix with 1 cup vegetable oil, 4 eggs, and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl until evenly combined and smooth.
4Mix strawberry cake mix with 1 cup water, 3 eggs, and 1/3 cup vegetable oil in a separate bowl until moistened. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
5Spoon about 2 tablespoons brownie batter into the bottom of each prepared muffin cup.
6Top the brownie batter with strawberry cake batter, filling each cup about 2/3 full.
7Bake in the preheated oven until the cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
8Cool in pans for about 10 minutes before removing to finish cooling on racks.
9Beat unsalted butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a bowl until butter is pale and creamy, about 2 minutes.
10Beat confectioners' sugar into the butter, about 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. After each addition of confectioners' sugar, raise mixer speed to high to beat as much air as possible into the frosting; reduce speed to low and continue beating until frosting is smooth. Repeat until all confectioners' sugar is incorporated, about 5 minutes of beating time; beat in vanilla extract.
11Spread cooled cupcakes with buttercream frosting.