Baking – Simple and Perfect Cupcakes
Mar 05
I realise that everyone probably knows how to make cupcakes, but I seemed to have gone through a whole lot of recipes before I found one that was quick, easy, and YUMMY. There is a certain texture and taste to a good cupcake – I hate gluggy cupcakes, and I am not a fan of ones that are so dry they start to crumble as you eat them. This is a perfect recipe – trust me!
Makes
24
Ingredients
- 200g unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
- 1/2 cup milk
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced oven. Line muffin or mini-muffin pans with paper cases.
- Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition (mixture will separate at this stage). Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Stir in half the flour. Stir in half the milk. Repeat with remaining flour and milk until combined.
- For 1/3 cup-capacity muffin pans use 2 level tablespoons of mixture. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Alternatively, for 1 tablespoon-capacity mini muffin pans use 1 tablespoon mixture. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Stand cakes in pans for 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
I baked these for Australia Day and they were a big success. The best thing about cupcakes is that you can dress them up for any occasion. I must admit I never understood why people would spend time decorating food that is going to be eaten 5 mins later, but now I realise it is so worth it. The kids especially love getting involved in deciding the colour of the icing, piping it onto the cake, and placing the toppers on!
And of course, the icing is always the best!
Yummy!! I love love love cupcakes but like you have never found a recipe that ticks all the boxes. I have a really amazingly yummy recipe but it’s too many ingredients and seems to take longer than it should!
I will be giving this one a go today, thank hun!
Let me know how you go Jen! It’s a perfect baking day today
They look delicious! Can we have the recipe for the icing too??
love your cupcake receipe. now could you share your icing receipe please
Lyn & Shirley, I love that decadent, melt-in-your mouth icing, so i like to use a basic Butter Cream icing (also known as vienna cream). The flavour can be varied by adding finely grated rind of any citrus fruit or any essence to your taste – I like it with just half a teaspoon of vanilla essence!
125g butter, softened (not melted!!)
1 1/2 cups (240g) icing sugar mixture
2 tablespoons milk
Beat butter in a small bowl with electric mixer until as white as possible. Gradually beat in half of the icing sugar, milk, then remaining icing sugar. Flavour and colour as required.
Chocolate variation: Sift 1/3 cup (35g) cocoa powder in with the first batch of icing sugar.
Those are the cutest things EVER!!!!!! I love the little flags that you added on top! Such a nice touch!
xoxo
Kathleen
Thanks Kathleen