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Birthday Cake Muffins showing rainbow sprinkles inside

Birthday Cake Muffins

These Birthday Cake Muffins are pure FUN! Our recipe creates a light and fluffy muffin with plenty of rainbow sprinkles to win over your kids. They make the perfect breakfast, snack or lunch box treat.
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Prep Time 7 minutes
Servings: 12 mini muffins
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • ¼ cup refined coconut oil melted
  • 1/3 cup cane sugar
  • 2 tsp almond extract
  • 3-4 tbsp rainbow sprinkles

Method
 

  1. Combine the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda) in a medium bowl and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl combine the wet ingredients (applesauce, coconut oil, cane sugar and almond extract)
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir until well incorporated but not over-mixed.
  4. Add the rainbow sprinkles and carefully stir a few times. The less stirring, the less likely your sprinkle colors are to run in the batter.
  5. Add muffin liners to a muffin tin and spray with coconut oil spray.
  6. Top with additional sprinkles.
  7. Bake at 425F for 5 minutes. Turn down heat to 350F and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes, depending on your muffin size (see below).
  8. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

Notes

This recipe makes 6 large muffins, 9 standard size muffins or 12 mini muffins. For the large muffins, bake for an additional 20 minutes, for medium muffins bake for an additional 12-15 minutes, for mini muffins, bake for an additional 10 minutes.
Because oven temperatures vary, it’s always best to check your muffins a few minutes ahead of their slated end time. Insert a toothpick into the middle of the muffin and if it comes out clean (crumbs instead of gooey mixture), they are done and should be removed from the oven.