Easy Vanilla Cupcake
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Ingredients
- 110g Self Raising Flour
- 110g Caster Sugar
- 110g Butter or margarine
- 5g Baking Powder
- 2 Large Eggs (110g)
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Accompaniment
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Description
Basic vanilla cupcake recipe that works everytime
Method
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1. Preheat the oven to 160C for fan assisted or 180C and put cupcake paper holders into a cupcake tray.
2. Put all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix slowly ensuring their are no lumps in the mixture then mix on high for about 5 minutes so that the mkixture is light and fluffy.
3. For cupcakes with butter cream icing on top measure out 35g per cupcake case. If you are using a fondant icing that settles into the case put in 30g of mixture.
4. Bake for about 20 minutes until golden and springy to the touch.
5. Cool the cupcakes on a wire rack making sure they are totally cold before icing.
Chef's Tips
Variations:
1. Lemon cupcakes- add the zest of a lemon and add the juice - alternatively you can use a few drops of natural extract.
2. Coffee cupcakes- Dissolve 3tsp. of strong instant coffee in a small amount of boiling water to make a thick paste, then add by tablespoon to your batter.
This is an easy recipe for making cupcakes - easy basic vanilla cupcakes