Vanilla Cupcakes
These delectable cupcakes are a delightful treat for any occasion. The moist and tender sponge, topped with a swirl of velvety buttercream icing, is sure to capture the hearts of all who indulge in them. Perfectly golden-brown and invitingly sweet, these cupcakes are a joy to bake and a pleasure to savor.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 110g/4oz butter or marg, softened at room temperature
- 110g/4oz caster sugar
- 2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
- 110g/4oz SR flour
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- For the butter icing
- 140g/5oz butter, softened
- 280g/10oz icing sugar
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- a few drops vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preparation method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs a little at a time.
- Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency.
- Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.
- Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean.
- Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
- For the buttercream icing, beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
- Then add the remaining icing sugar with one tablespoon of the milk, adding more milk if necessary, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe the icing using a spiralling motion onto the cup cakes in a large swirl. For strawberry cakes add a little strawberry sauce to the icing.
Yield
Makes 12 cakes
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