Vanilla Cupcakes
Light and fluffy cupcakes deliciously flavoured with vanilla. You can't go wrong with a good Vanilla Cupcake and that's what this recipe is!
Ingredients
- 175 g margarine
- 175 g caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- 3 eggs
- 175 g self-raising flour
- 140 g unsalted butter (softened)
- 280 g icing sugar
- 1-2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 160ºC (fan assisted, 180ºC non fan) and line a cupcake tin with paper liners
- 2
Beat the butter and sugar together for roughly 5 minutes until light and fluffy
- 3
Add the vanilla extract and eggs and mix again
- 4
Add the flour and mix until it is combined. Spoon into 12 cupcake cases filling each 2/3 full
- 5
Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes. Check they are cooked by piercing them with a cocktail stick, if the stick comes out, clean they are cooked
- 6
Leave on a wire rack to cool completely
- 7
Once the cakes have cooled completely, make the buttercream. Start by beating the softened butter for a minute or two
- 8
Add in the icing sugar and beat until mixed
- 9
Gradually add the milk a little at a time until you get a smooth but still quite thick consistency
- 10
Spoon the buttercream into a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes. Finish with any decorations
Cook it from the original
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