Kittencal's Easy One-Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes

I made this recipe yesterday and they were so horrible I threw them away. They were hollow, greasy, looked like bad yorkshire pudding. Made them again today because DH said I had to have done something wrong. Same results. I was sure it wasn't me because I am a mis en place kinda cook. I thought since it was Kitten they would be perfect. Save yourself the grief and try a different cupcake. DH is trying to take a photo so you can see todays disaster. I am so sorry. We were trying recipes for a wedding shower for 125 people and thank goodness I didn't give the recipe to the helpers. Sorry Kittencal.

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These were weird. I followed the recipe exactly. They had a very cornbread like texture. And to my surprise, even a bit of a cornbread taste! ....like a vanilla cornbread. They still tasted alright, just strange. If someone gave me one, I would probably eat it. However, I do not intend to make them again.

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This was a decent vanilla cupcake with not much cleanup. I think it had more of a corn bread consistency then a cake (I don't know how else to describe it).

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Before making this recipe, I sorted the reviews by rating and read and best and worst three pages. I figured the good reviews outweighed the bad and decided to try them anyway, and I'm sorry I did. As another reviewer said, these manage to be dry and oily all at once. The cake isn't fluffy but more mealy. I used extra vanilla and even scraped a vanilla bean into the batter based on some reviews saying these were bland, and although that helped a bit, these still didn't have much flavor. The only good thing about them is that they're an excuse to eat frosting.

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Like the past two responders, my cupcakes too turned out strange. I followed everything to the tee, but my cupcakes tasted like cornbread too! =( oh well..On to look for a new vanilla cupcake recipe

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I was really disappointed by these, especially since they are the top-rated cupcake recipe. The taste was just ok, the etxture was weird. They didn't taste like cornbread to me, but the texture was similar. Also mine didn't really rise. I didn't have a mixer so I just mixed by hand, I wonder if that's why they didn't rise? Anyway, I won't be making these again.

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I was laughing at a review that said these tasted like cornbread and decided to make them anyway because they got an overall 4 star rating. I'm not laughing anymore. These do taste like cornbread! Why is everyone giving them more than one star! I didn't want to sign up to make vanilla cornbread muffins for desert :(

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i made these and they taste a lot more like cornbread muffins instead of a vanilla cupcake. i wouldn't recommend this to anyone who wanted a cupcake. i would however definitely suggest this to someone who has a disorder where they can't eat nuts, seeds, or coarse grains, like cornmeal, as a substitute for cornbread. it tastes almost identical.

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Giving 2 stars since the cake part was SO bland. I followed the recipe to a tee and still bland. It tastes ok with frosting on top but eating the bottom alone is just gross!

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the taste was ok, but the texture was horrible. They came out extremly dry. Definetly will not make these again.

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It looked like a cupcake, tasted like a cookie, with the texture of cornbread. Not a bad taste, but for sure not a cupake. I must have done something wrong, very wrong

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I have made these cupcakes twice now, and both times they were HORRIBLE, they were too tough and had no flavor! I would never reccomend these to anyone, I was vey disappointed and was shocked when both times they turned out nasty! :(

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This was a very easy recipe and I followed it exactly as written, didn't overcook, etc., but they were very disappointing. They had a strange texture, not cake-like at all, and very little taste. I won't be making them again. Sorry.

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I was very excited to try this recipe after seeing all of the wonderful reviews but I didn't have the best luck with my attempt. They came out more like corn bread though I didn't mind that too much. Some of my cupcakes overflowed the muffin cup and on taking them out the tops came right off! LOL!! Maybe I baked them too long? The flavor was just ok for me. Although this recipe now restores my faith in 'One Bowl' recipes. I tried a different one bowl recipe from a cookbook and they came out awful, dry and texture-less . So now I know they don't all come out that way. This was a nice recipe though.

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I made these a week ago but didn't review it because I didn't want to hurt Kitt's feelings.....but since then I've noticed others posted what I was thinking so here it goes: I was really excited to make these given the great reviews. I followed the recipe exactly but was disappointed. They came out dense and not moist and were blah tasting. Sorry but I won't be making these again

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I've made this recipe twice and both times the cupcakes end up dense, cornbread or muffin-like. I bake often and have a great oven. Very disappointing product, given the rave reviews. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Will try improvising. Again.

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These did not work for me at all, but I don't know why. I didn't make any substitutions, and I followed the directions as stated. But they baked oddly- they rose but not in the usual nice rounded-top the way cupcakes and muffins do. They were sort of oily and dry all at the same time. In the end, I threw them out.

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These are very good cupcakes and incredibly easy to prepare. They rose evenly and had a good vanilla flavour. I did two batches - one with butter and the other with vegetable oil and they were both good. Easy cleanup and would have given 5 stars but thought they could have been just a tad moister but maybe that was just me??? I added a couple of pictures. Thank you.

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I made these as written and they were a little too sweet for me. Next time I'll add a 1/4 cup less sugar as suggested. I added some extra half and half because the batter seemed thick. The texture of the cupcakes was beautiful. I got 19 cupcakes plus one tiny one.

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YUMMY!!! KittenCal said "one bowl" so I went even easier and threw EVERYTHING at the same time into a blender and hit the mix button! I used stick margarine in place of Crisco or Butter since there was a debate. They came out PERFEECT!!! A great vanilla base for your favorite icing to be the star!

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