Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups grape jelly, plus more for garnish

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Place 35 miniature muffin cup liners in miniature muffin tin.
  • Place flours in a medium bowl. Sift sugar, baking soda, and salt into bowl.
  • Whisk butter and oil in a bowl. Add buttermilk and next 3 ingredients (through vanilla), whisking until well-combined. Add dry ingredients to wet.
  • Fill liners three-quarters full, and bake in middle of oven about 15 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool.
  • Pipe about 1 tablespoon of grape jelly into tops of cupcakes with a round-tipped pastry bag.
  • Pipe frosting onto cakes with a star-tipped pastry bag. Garnish with a dollop of jelly.