White Chocolate Cupcakes

My daughter wanted white chocolate cupcakes at her wedding so I came up with this simple and easy recipe.

White Chocolate Cake

1 box white cake mix
1/2 box of instant white chocolate pudding
1 teaspoon vanilla
* Liquid White Chocolate Coffee Creamer (use vanilla if you can’t find white chocolate)

* Substitute the water called for in the cake mix with coffee creamer

Add the pudding mix and creamer  to the cake mix and make according to directions on cake mix box.  

White Chocolate Frosting

1 Cup Vegetable Shortening (you can use butter instead but it won’t be white)
1/2 cup of Liquid White Chocolate Coffee Creamer (use vanilla if you can’t find white chocolate)1/2 box white chocolate pudding
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups Powdered Sugar

Mix the pudding with the creamer.  This keeps the frosting from having that “gritty” taste.

Place the shortening, vanilla  flavoring, and the pudding-milk mixture with an electric mixer on low speed. Gradually add powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached.  The frosting should be light and fluffy