Vanilla Cupcakes

Simple but delicious cupcakes

As I previously wrote, I recently joined in Sweet & Simple Bakes, where we will be given a simple baking challenge each month. This yummy challenge is started by Rosie and Maria, who whip up many mouth-watering bakes. This month the challenge was Vanilla Cupcakes. We had fun making them. As always, my daughter wanted to decorate the cupcakes and she did a very nice job, don’t you think?

Ingredients: (Makes 12)

Original Recipe		I used
175g (6 oz) self-raising flour 1½ level tsp baking powder 175g (6 oz) butter, softened 175g (6 oz) caster (superfine) sugar 3 large eggs 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract Buttercream Icing 150g (5oz) butter, softened 300g (11 oz) icing (confectioners) sugar, sifted 1 tbsp milk ¼ tsp vanilla extract Edible food colouring(s) of choice, optional Sprinkle(s) for decoration of choice		1 cup All Purpose Flour 1 ½ tsp Baking Powder ¾ cup Butter, softened 1 cup Sugar 2 Eggs 2 tbsp Milk 1 tsp Vanilla Extract Butter Cream Icing ½ cup Butter ½ cup Sugar 1 tbsp Milk ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract I didn’t add any food color, but used some sprinkles for decoration

Preparation: (You can read the original recipe HERE) Preheat the oven to 350°F. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl, and then add the butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla extract. Beat them until they mix well, trying not to over mix. Keep aside. Line up the cupcake/muffin tray with paper cups. Then spoon in the prepared mixture equally into the paper cups. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until the tops spring back when lightly pressed. Leave to cool in the tray for 5 minutes then turn out to completely cool on a wire rack. Butter Cream Icing To make the butter cream, beat the butter until soft (I melted the butter for 20 seconds in the microwave). Add the icing sugar and stir until it’s just mixed in, then add the milk and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Spread the icing on the cupcakes thickly with butter knife or put the icing into a piping back and make a large swirl on top of each cupcake. Decorate each cupcake with your chosen sprinkle(s).

My kids (of course all of us) enjoyed so much eating these yummy cupcakes. Thanks for the simple yet delicious recipe Rosie and Maria!