Name: Basic Cupcakes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/2 cup butter; 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; prepared frosting

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An easy treat for the kids to help you make. Taken from a Mom and Me Cookbook.

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ingredients

2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
²⁄₃ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup butter
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
prepared frosting

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place all ingredients in a bowl and beat together until mixture is smooth.
Line muffin pan.
Half fill each muffin paper with batter.
Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Frost as desired.

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review by Funlayo W.

12/18/2016

Pretty tasty! I did tweak a bit and am glad I did, I doubled the recipe which yielded 18 cupcakes (I like mine with caps so I fill the cup more than halfway). Used 3/4 powdered sugar and 1/4 granulated as someone suggested and they're quite light. I did add a bit more sugar than the recipe called for and am glad I did because it seems like they wouldn't be sweet enough otherwise. I replaced 1/4 of the butter with coconut oil and added 3 tablespoons of milk (to make sure they were moist, a few folks complained of dryness). I also drizzled each cup of batter with a little maple syrup before putting them in the oven. Planning to use a simple sugar glaze rather than frosting. Waiting for them to cool (I ate one warm to taste) and the next batch to come out of the oven. I was worried that the batter was too thick but it baked nicely. Thanks!
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photo by Harold I.

7/5/2016

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review by Harold I.

7/4/2016

This recipe has a pleasant taste and texture, and is very simple to make. The instructions did not provide a lot of direction, so this is what I did: cream the sugar and butter together first, add eggs and vanilla. Separately, I sifted the flour, baking powder, amd salt together. Then, I gently mixed the wet and dry ingredients together. The recipe just barely filled 10 cupcakes.

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review by mycouponemail045

5/3/2016

These cupcakes absolutely tasted good. I picked it because I was baking with a 2yo and my usual recipe was too complex for her. The cake however is extremely dry. If we make it again we'll definitely add milk. I doubled the recipe and like other reviewers the batter made 17 cupcakes instead of 24 as expected.

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review by Melis G.

8/12/2015

Over my baking experiences, this is by far the best recipe I have ever used, I have had so many troubles in the past with bad recipes or wrongly measured recipes, so after awhile I started to use boxed mixtures. But then when I saw how simple this recipe was i decided to give it a go, and with cutting down on the sugar by a tablespoon and adding two tablespoons of milk this mixture was easy to make and turned out brilliant! Even though the batter wasn't quite enough I still made it work. I gave them to my family members and guests and they all fell in love with the cupcakes so I would fully recommend this recipe! Enjoy baking!

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