Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
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This is a really simple yet tasty cupcake recipe. I recommend serving it with my Swiss Meringue Buttercream recipe.
5 people made this
Ingredients
- 185g unsalted softened butter
- 225g caster sugar
- 200g self-rasing flour
- 4 eggs; 3 egg whites, 1 full egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp black coffee
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Method
- Preheat the oven at 180°C or gas mark 4.
- Whisk the unsalted softened butter and caster sugar until it's light and fluffy. This usually takes over 5 minutes.
- Separately, beat the eggs, vanilla extract and black coffee until it's light and fluffy. This takes over 5 minutes. Put this with the other mix.
- Sift the self-rasing flour, baking powder and salt into the mix. Whisk this until the batter is thick and fluffy.
- Evenly put the batter into 12 lined cupcake tins. Put this into the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Tip
Add 150g or 250g of chunky sprinkles to make funfetti!
