The Best Vanilla Cupcakes
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For the Cupcakes
- 240 g Plain Flour
- 270 g Caster Sugar
- 3 tsp Baking Powder
- Large Pinch of Salt
- 80 g Soft Margarine (or Butter) (softened)
- 200 ml Milk ()
- 2 Free-range Eggs (at room temperature; see Egg Size note below)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 40 ml Sour Cream
For the Icing
- 500 g Icing Sugar
- 160 g Block Margarine or Butter (softened)
- 50 ml Milk ()
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
INSTRUCTIONS
For the Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 180°c (160°c for fan-assisted oven or Gas Mark 4) and line a muffin tray
(s) with 18 cupcake cases.
- In a large bowl, mix the butter, sugar, flour and baking powder together until it resembles bread crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, milk and vanilla. Add half the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Continue to gradually add the rest of the wet ingredients to create a batter.
- Add the sour cream right at the end, mixing to combine, before spooning the batter into your prepared cupcake cases, filling to 3/4 full.
- Bake for around 20 minutes until a skewer
inserted comes out clean.
- Once cool enough to touch, transfer to a wire rack
to cool completely.
For the Icing
- Mix the butter and icing sugar together, gradually adding the milk and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Spread or pipe the icing on top of the cupcakes.
- Top with sprinkles of your choice to finish.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
All my recipes are developed using a digital scale and the metric system (grams and millilitres). Cup measurements are available as a conversion but these, unfortunately, won't always be as accurate. For best results, I always recommend baking with a digital scale.
NOTES
Egg Size:
When it comes to eggs, I always buy mixed-weight free-range eggs. Generally speaking, egg size doesn’t make a huge difference in most baking, unless you are using sizes that lean towards the extremes. If you’re unsure which eggs to use, I recommend medium eggs in the UK, which are roughly equivalent to large eggs in the US. That’s what this recipe has been tested with.Tried this recipe?
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