Lynnski's Fave Vanilla Cupcakes
- Ready In:
- 33mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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12 cupcakes
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 1⁄8 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 lb butter (one stick)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
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FROSTING
- 1⁄4 lb butter (one stick)
- 5 cups powdered sugar, sifted and divided
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees, and line 12 standard muffin cups with paper liners, or grease cups.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour with the baking powder and salt; in a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together the milk and vanilla extract; set aside.
- In a large bowl & using a hand mixer (or a stand mixer) cream the butter, gradually add in the sugar, beat until light and fluffy, about five minutes.
- Beat in the eggs , one at a time, until fully incorporated; beat in the flour and milk mixtures, alternating one-third of each at a time, until mixture is fully incorporated and the batter is smooth.
- Fill each muffin cup three-fourths full of batter; and bake until puffed, and lightly golden, about 18 to 20 minutes; test with a wood pick inserted in the middle of a cupcake, if it comes out clean the cupcakes are done; cool the cupcakes before frosting.
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Frosting & final assembly:
- In a large bowl beat the butter with one-half of the powdered sugar until combined; beat in the milk and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl and beating until smooth.
- With the mixer set to low speed, gently beat in the remaining sugar until combined; increase the speed and continue to beat until the frosting is light and fluffy; this makes about 2 1/2 cups of frosting.
- Frost each cupcake with a generous 2 tablespoons of frosting.
- And enjoy.
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lynnski LA
Los Angeles, CA
I live in a wooded hillside area of Los Angeles where it feels like being out in the country. I grew up in Rhode Island, and came to LA after graduating from URI. I recently retired from my job as an environmental specialist. So now I have time to collect internet recipes. My hobbies & interests are aquatics, shell collecting, my cats, feeding stray cats, home improvement projects and cooking.
I love to travel and, years ago, lived in Mexico for several months. My favorite cookbooks are the ones written by Diana Kennedy; they are all great; and I have them all, some signed by her when I was enrolled in her cooking classes. I have a lot of cookbooks; some of my other fave authors and their books are: Madhur Jaffrey (especially World Vegetarian, World of East Vegetarian Cooking and A Taste of the Far East), Faye Levy, Martha Rose Shulman (especially Mediterranean Light, Provencal Light and Mexican Light) and Paula Wolfert.