Easy Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Easy Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

It’s #NationalCupcakeWeek, which gives you an excuse to bake and eat as many cupcakes as you like! Vanilla cup-cakes are so easy to make, yet taste delicious and are perfect for so many occasions.

Vanilla cupcake recipe

You will need:

• 100g soft butter/margarine
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 free range eggs
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 and then line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Beat the butter, sugar and baking powder together in a bowl for a few minutes, until it’s all completely mixed in. Then slowly beat in the 2 eggs and pour in the vanilla extract.
3. Then beat the mixture with a whisk until the mixture is thick and creamy, and spoon the mixture into the 12 tins.
4. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the cupcakes are golden brown on top. Insert a skewer into the cakes and if they all come out clean, your cakes are ready.
5. Set the cakes aside to cool for 5-10 minutes, and then you are ready to add the icing!

Icing for cupcakes

You will need:

• 100 grams unsalted butter
• 200 grams icing sugar
• 1-2 tablespoons of milk
• A few drops of food colouring

Method:

1. Chop the butter into several chunks and add to a bowl, then take the whisk and beat for a few minutes.
2. Sift about half of the icing sugar into the bowl of butter, and then whisk again until it’s all mixed in.
3. Sift the rest of the icing sugar into the bowl until you have used it all, and then add the food colouring and whisk until it’s soft.
4. Add one tablespoon of milk and the whisk until the mixture looks creamy and smooth. You can add another tablespoon if the mixture doesn’t look right.
5. Spoon into a piping bag, then pipe the icing onto the cakes.

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