Go-To Vanilla Cupcakes
Serves: 5
Amos O'Hara
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
51
Spice
51
Sweetness
41
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1.5 cups
All-Purpose Flour1.5 tsps
Baking Powder1 tsp
Salt (fine)2 large
Egg (at room temperature)2 cup
Sugar12 tbsps
Unsalted Butter (melted)2 tsps
Pure Vanilla Extract1 cup
MilkDirections:
1
Special equipment: a 12-cup standard muffin tin or two 24-cup mini-muffin tins, cupcake liners Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and position a rack in the middle of the oven
2
Line one 12-cup standard muffin tin or two 24-cup mini-muffin tins with cupcake liners
3
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl
4
In another medium bowl, beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until light and foamy, about 2 minutes
5
While beating, gradually pour in the melted butter and then the vanilla
6
While mixing slowly, add half of the flour mixture
7
Then add all the milk, followed by the remaining flour mixture; take care not to overmix the batter
8
Divide the batter evenly in the prepared muffin tin
9
Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean, rotating the tin about halfway through baking time, 18 to 20 minutes for standard cupcakes or 10 to 12 minutes for minis
10
Cool the cupcakes in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on the rack completely
11
Decorate as desired