Vanilla Cupcakes

Name: Vanilla Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 115g butter, softened; 1 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup whole milk; 225g butter, softened; 3 cups icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3-4 tbsp milk

Classic American vanilla cupcakes with fluffy vanilla buttercream. Alternating the flour and milk into the batter, rather than adding either all at once, keeps the mixture from curdling or turning lumpy.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsplain flour

1 tspbaking powder

1/4 tspsalt

115gbutter, softened

1 cupcaster sugar

2eggs

2 tspvanilla extract

1/2 cupwhole milk

225gbutter, softened

3 cupsicing sugar

1 tspvanilla extract

3-4 tbspmilk

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

Fold in flour, baking powder and salt, alternating with milk.

Fill 12 cupcake cases two-thirds full.

Bake at 180°C for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely.

Beat frosting: butter, icing sugar, vanilla and milk. Pipe onto cupcakes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1393

Protein

10.1g

Fat

73.1g

Carbs

177.8g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

304mg

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