Copycat Twinkie cupcakes

Name: Copycat Twinkie cupcakes
Ingredients: These will definitely handle your craving for Twinkies! Lightly sweetened sponge cake with the delicate taste of vanilla and almond is filled with an airy marshmallow vanilla filling and topped with mounds of fluffy buttercream.; Yield: 18; Cake; 5 eggs, separated; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 cup sugar (1/4 cup plus 3/4 cup, divided use); 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract; 1 cup cake flour; Pinch of salt; Filling; 7 ounce jar of mashmallow fluff (about half a cup); 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1/3 - 1/2 cup sifted confectioner's sugar; 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract; Marshmallow Buttercream; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature; 7 ounces marshmallow fluff (about half a cup); 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar; 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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INGREDIENTS

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These will definitely handle your craving for Twinkies! Lightly sweetened sponge cake with the delicate taste of vanilla and almond is filled with an airy marshmallow vanilla filling and topped with mounds of fluffy buttercream.

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Yield: 18

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Cake

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5 eggs, separated

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1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

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1 cup sugar (1/4 cup plus 3/4 cup, divided use)

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1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

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1/4 teaspoon almond extract

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1 cup cake flour

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Pinch of salt

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Filling

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7 ounce jar of mashmallow fluff (about half a cup)

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1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

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1/3 - 1/2 cup sifted confectioner's sugar

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1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

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Marshmallow Buttercream

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1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

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7 ounces marshmallow fluff (about half a cup)

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1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar

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1 to 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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