A delicious dozen of Easy Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
baked to perfection and topped with a made-from-scratch frosting.
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Vanilla cupcakes are such a delicious treat. When you are serving guests or just want a little something sweet, cupcakes are a go to dessert.
The cake portion of this cupcake is semi-sweet which creates a nice balance with the sweetness of the buttercream frosting.
So let's get into this recipe so I can show you how it's done!
Ingredients to make the cupcakes:
For the cupcakes:
1 ¼ c of all-purpose flour- sifted
1 ¼ teaspoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of salt
½ c of unsalted butter
¾ c of granulated sugar
2 teaspoon of vanilla
2 large eggs- room temperature
½ c of buttermilk- room temperature
How to make the buttercream frosting:
4 c of powdered sugar
1 c of unsalted butter- room temperature
1 ½ teaspoon of vanilla
2-3 ½ tsps of whole milk
⅛ teaspoon of salt
Steps to make this recipe:
For the cupcakes:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place your cupcake/muffin pan with your cupcake liners. Mix the sifted flour, baking powder, and salt together with a whisk and sit aside.
Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until well combined (about 2-3 minutes).
Then add the eggs to the bowl and mix just until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla and mix just until combined.
Add the flour mixture in thirds alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Then, mix until just combined.
Place the batter until each cupcake liner, filling about ⅔ full. Bake for approximately 22 minutes or until brown around the edges and the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Next, transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack to cool completely before applying the frosting.
How to make the Buttercream frosting:
Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy, approximately two minutes. Then, slowly add in the powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla and mix.
After that, slowly add in the milk. Add about half of it and then slowly add in the rest until the desired consistency is achieved. Then decorate the cupcakes as desired.
Helpful Tips:
If you don't have a piping bag and tips you can definitely find them at my Amazon store. If you don't want to use a piping bag, can also use a ziplock bag. Of course, the frosting decoration won't be the same, but they will still be pretty.
Sprinkles are optional for this recipe. They wouldn't stay on, but I felt the ones that did were a nice addition.
I wouldn't recommend adding the sprinkles to the frosting batter because they will probably cause streaking that wouldn't make for as pretty of a cupcake.
Enjoy!
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Ingredients
- For the cupcakes:
- 1 ¼ c all purpose flour- sifted
- 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ c unsalted butter
- ¾ c granulated sugar
- 2 tsps vanilla
- 2 large eggs- room temperature
- ½ c buttermilk- room temperature
- For the frosting:
- 4 c powdered sugar
- 1 c unsalted butter- room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2-3 ½ tsps (whole) milk
- ⅛ tsp salt
Instructions
- For the cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place your cupcake/muffin pan with your cupcake liners.
- Mix the sifted flour, baking powder, and salt together with a whisk and sit aside.
- Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until well combined (about 2-3 minutes).
- Then add the eggs to the bowl and mix just until combined.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the vanilla and mix just until combined.
- Add the flour mixture in thirds alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour.
- Mix until just combined. Place the batter until each cupcake liner, filling about ⅔ full.
- Bake for approximately 22 minutes or until brown around the edges and the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack to cool completely before applying the frosting.
- For the frosting:
- Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy, approximately two minutes.
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla, and mix.
- Slowly add in the milk.
- Add about half of it and then slowly add in the rest until the desired consistency is achieved. Then decorate the cupcakes as desired.
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