Homemade Yellow Cupcakes

Description

Just a simple yellow cupcake recipe from scratch that anybody can make. A sour cream or lemon type frosting is best on these jewels.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅔ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Whisk flour
  3. baking powder
  4. and salt together in a large bowl until well blended.
  5. Combine sugar and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy
  6. about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat until combined
  7. about 2 minutes. Pour into the flour mixture and beat
  8. while adding milk
  9. until just blended. Don’t overmix. Fill the prepared muffin cups with batter
  10. 2/3 to 3/4 full.
  11. Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed
  12. 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes
  13. then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 12

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