How to Make the Best Vanilla Cupcakes

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How to Make the Best Vanilla Cupcakes

Easy & delicious cupcakes!

Farah Vazeer

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Preheat your oven to 180°C/360°F.

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First, cream your butter and sugar.

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Cream it VERRRRRRRRRY VERRRRRRRRRY WELL. Like reeaaaaaaaaally long. Maybe even 10-12 minutes. Until all the sugar is dissolved.

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This is how it should somehow look like.

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Mix your egg with the yolk.

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The add it to the butter mixture along with vanilla. I used vanilla bean extract which gives a deeper, more delicious vanilla flavor. Usual vanilla extract would work just fine as well. :)

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Cream! For about another 5-7 minutes.

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Then add your flour, baking powder and milk at the same time at low speed. Literally for just 10 seconds. It doesn't matter if its not fully incorporated.

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Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

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And fold your mixture.

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Fill it in a piping bag. (You could skip this and fill them with a cookie scoop or just tablespoons)

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Fill them up!

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Bake for 12-14 minutes.

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POOF. :D

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Ta da! Excuse my ugly dirty finger please. I was working with fondant. :/

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Frost or decorate to your liking. Enjoy! :)

You're Done

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½ Cups Butter, room temperature

⅔ Cups Sugar

1 ½ Cups Flour

1 Teaspoon Baking powder

½ Teaspoons Salt

1 Egg (large)

1 Egg yolk

⅜ Cups Milk

2 Teaspoons Vanilla extract

How much of each ingredient do we use?

Erica Johnson 4 months ago

Hi, how many cupcakes do these make? Thanks!

Michelle Poon 6 months ago

That is so sweet! Thank you all so much, this means a lot. :)

Farah Vazeer (author) 11 months ago

OMG! You're so talented and blessed :')

Mars MazZy 11 months ago

This sounds great!

Kelsey Wu 12 months ago

Your icing looks fabulous!

Jasmeer Kaur last year

Can you show us how you do your icing? It's really awesome :)

Kat White last year

113 grams. :)

Farah Vazeer (author) last year

Hii im not from the usa but what is the measurement from the butter?? Instead of 1/2 cup butter how much gram is it??

Fanny Mileida last year

Thanks so much Dan! :) Caragh, I'm not from the US so I don't think I can help... Though, I'm sure you'd find these in a baking specialty store. :)

Farah Vazeer (author) last year

Where do you get your cases from? They look great and I've not seen cases that stand alone with a cupcake baking tray! They'd be so handy!

Caragh Jane last year

Screeeaam! I want those pretty little monsters!

Safra Vazeer last year

Your cupcakes are GORGEOUS! You should have a bakery! They look just as delicious as I'm sure they are! I'm trying your recipe later on today!

Dan Walker last year

No Emily, I don't own a bakery. One day. :) & the fondant? No I don't, I used ready made ones, added coloring and shaped them up. You should just do the same, it's a hassle to make them!

Farah Vazeer (author) last year