Old Fashioned Cupcakes

If your grandmother made cupcakes, they probably tasted like these ;) Saw these made on Paula Deen's show yesterday and they sure were cute! Recipe courtesy Cheryl Day. You may want to cut the frosting recipe in half as it makes a lot.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
• 1 1⁄4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2  cups sugar
• 1  tablespoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 4  large eggs
• 1  cup  whole milk
• 1  teaspoon pure vanilla extract

• Old-Fashioned Frosting

• 1  cup butter, room temperature
• 8  cups confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract or 2  teaspoons  other  flavoring

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside.
2. Combine in a bowl both flours, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix on low speed until combined for about 3 minutes. Add in cubed butter, mixing until just coated with flour.
3. Add eggs 1 at a time until combined. Slowly add milk and vanilla to batter until completely mixed scraping down the bowl as you mix.
4. Scoop batter into baking cups filling about 2/3 full. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.
5. Cool and decorate with Old Fashioned Frosting.
6. Frosting: Cream softened butter and add 4 cups sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat with paddle attachment until smooth gradually add the rest of sugar to reach frosting consistency*.
7. *Cook's Note: Add more sugar to get this consistency.