Today is National Vanilla Cupcake Day.
Who doesn’t love cupcakes? Chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, I love them all the same. I’ll admit that store bought packages can be super convenient but nothing beats the taste of homemade. I pulled these together one night when my other half got a craving and minus the photo time it didn’t take long at all.
You need
3/4 cup butter at room temperature
1 2/3 cups sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
2 2/3 cup all purpose
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
In one bowl cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs and mix well. Set aside.
In another bowl combine flour,baking powder and salt.
In a glass measure mix together milk and vanilla.
Add 1/3 flour and 1/3 milk mixtures to butter mixture.
Mix well until batter is smooth. Add again in thirds until everything is combined.
Pour batter into paper lined muffin pans filling the cups 2/3 full.
Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into middle of cupcake. Let cool completely before icing.
Vanilla Cupcakes Full Recipe
3/4 cup butter at room temperature
1 2/3 cups sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
2 2/3 cup all purpose
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350º.
2. In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth, then beat in sugar until fluffy.
3. Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl in between.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients and set aside.
5. Stir the vanilla into the milk in a bowl, set aside.
6. Mix 1/3 of dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then 1/3 of the vanilla milk, and repeat until all are combined. Pour into 24 cupcake cups and bake for 20-25 minutes.
