This is my first cupcake post on the blog so I thought I would start with your basic vanilla cupcake. Except these are my very special, Very Vanilla Cupcakes!
Can you see the vanilla in the buttercream? That is what makes these cupcakes, very vanilla cupcakes. I use vanilla essence and a vanilla pod in the cake and the buttercream! Can you handle that much yummy vanilla flavour?
I decided these cupcakes would be an excellent place to start because they use a basic 12 cupcake recipe. You could easily make any cupcake starting from here by just adding different flavours. For example you could add cocoa powder to make chocolate or you could add some caramel to make yummy caramel cupcakes.
This is also a good recipe if you are wanting to make decorated cupcakes. I often give boxes of cupcakes as a gift, you can do that simply, like in the picture above or if you do like to cake decorate you can go as fancy as you like!
The cupcakes above are my Very Vanilla Cupcakes decorated and given as a thank you gift.
Now that I’ve rambled on for a while I will share the recipe with you. 🙂 These really are the best vanilla cupcakes. I hope you enjoy making the recipe below, let me know what you think!
Lianne x
Very Vanilla Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 175 g unsalted butter
- 175 g light brown sugar you can use regular caster sugar if you prefer
- 3 eggs
- 175 g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- seeds of one vanilla pod
For the buttercream
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 400 g icing sugar
- 2-3 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- seeds of one vanilla pod
Instructions
To make the cupcakes
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Preheat the oven to 180c/160c fan oven and line a 12 serving muffin pan with muffin/large cupcake cases.
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Put the butter and sugar into the bowl of your mixer and beat until smooth, add the eggs, vanilla extract and seeds and beat again until smooth and well combined.
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Take the bowl from the mixer and fold in the flour, if the mix is a little thick fold in the milk.
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Divide the mix between the cake cases and bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes or until a cocktail stick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
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Leave to cool.
To make the buttercream
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Beat your butter for a couple of minutes, slowly add the icing sugar until it's all mixed in. You might need to add the milk depending on the consistency, then add the vanilla extract and seeds. Beat for another 5 minutes, this might seem a long time but the longer you beat it the lighter and fluffier it is!
To assemble the cupcakes
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Put the buttercream into a piping bag with a tip of your choice and pipe a pretty swirl onto each cake.
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Eat and enjoy!
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Vanilla cupcakes are my favorite! I need to try your recipe.
Greta | http://www.gretahollar.com
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Thanks x
OMG these look amazing!!! Cant wait to try! (Probably won’t look this pretty though haha )
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It’s how they taste that matters! 🙂
I am going to have to try these! I am always on the hunt for the perfect Vanilla Cupcakes!
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Hope you enjoy them 🙂
That frosting looks so good! Vanilla is one of my fave flavors (I mean who doesn’t love vanilla??) and I cannot wait to try this. I’ve been meaning to bake cupcakes this week, so I guess this post making me crave for cupcakes was the perfect motivator!
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Thanks! I hope you enjoy them 🙂
Um these cupcakes look amazing! Now I wish I could taste one! Thanks for the recipe!
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Make them and you can! 🙂
Oh yummy! Vanilla cupcakes are my fave!! Will have to make these asap!
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Thanks! Enjoy! 🙂
Mmmm. Holy cow these look delish! Love the toppers too!
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Thanks! 🙂
That buttercream is what makes them so so special Lianna. I love the taste of these, and my daughter is obsessed with making cupcakes. I’ll send y our recipe over to her.
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Thank you! I hope your daughter likes them! 🙂
I love vanilla cupcakes!