Simple and easy to make, these vanilla cupcakes are tender, flavorful and pair well with a variety of toppings. Top with buttercream or soak with liquor infused simple syrup for a decadent or tipsy treat!
No-Fuss Vanilla Cupcakes
Simple vanilla cupcake recipe
Equipment
- Stand mixer or handheld mixer
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 2 each Eggs
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1½ cup Flour
- 1½ tsp Baking powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ tsp Almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.
- Add the extracts and mix well.
- Add ⅓ of the flour mixture into the batter.
- Once incorporated, add ½ of the milk.
- Continue incorporating ⅓ of the flour, the remaining milk, finally the last ⅓ of the flour, scraping between additions and making sure to beat until smooth.
- Fill the paper liners to ⅔ using a 2 inch scoop and bake in the oven for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let rest 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
To infuse with alcohol, replace the almond extract with 1 tsp of rum or bourbon.
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