Easy Cupcake Recipes

This lazy girl’s easy vanilla cupcake recipe is one you need to have in your recipe box. It’s the best basic cupcake recipe to build on, making it perfect for birthday parties, movie nights, or just a fun recipe for kids to make on their own.

A Lazy Girl’s Easy Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

This easy vanilla cupcake recipe should be a staple in your kitchen. It’s the basic building block for tasty flavors and fun cupcake designs.

Prep: 7min

Total: 30min

Serving Size: 1

Nutrition Facts: calories 207 calories, Carbohydrate 29 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 52 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 9 grams fat, Fiber 0 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, Saturated Fat 5 grams saturated fat, servingSize 1, Sodium 150 milligrams sodium, Sugar 17 grams sugar, Trans Fat 0 grams trans fat, unSaturated Fat 3 grams unsaturated fat

Ingredients:

• 2 large eggs (room temperature)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup), room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup milk

Instruction:

1. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. If you are using paper liners, be sure to double them up.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat together eggs and granulated sugar. Once combined, add softened butter and vanilla. Mix until creamy.
3. In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Alternating with the milk, add dry ingredients to egg and sugar mixture in three equal increments. Mix well, but only until incorporated. Do not over-mix.
5. Scoop cupcake batter into the lined muffin pan, filling each cavity about 2/3rds of the way. Bake for 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked through the center. Note: moist vanilla cupcakes are different from soft-center ones – the center should be baked through.
6. Remove your tasty, easy vanilla cupcakes from the oven and let sit for about 2 minutes. Remove each cake from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
7. NOTE: if making mini cupcakes, please reduce the baking time to 12-15 minutes.

Moist Vanilla Cupcakes

These Moist Vanilla Cupcakes are super easy to make and so moist – for days! They are my new favorite vanilla cupcake!

Prep: 15min

Total: 30min

Yield: 24

Serving Size: 1 cupcake

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 cupcake, calories 285 calories, Sugar 31 g, Sodium 129.2 mg, Fat 12.7 g, Saturated Fat 7 g, Trans Fat 0.7 g, Carbohydrate 41 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 2.7 g, Cholesterol 25.1 mg

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups (325g) all purpose flour
• 2 cups (414g) sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup (240ml) milk
• 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup (240ml) water*
• 1 cup (224g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 cups (460g) powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2-3 tbsp (30-45ml) water or milk
• pinch of salt

Instruction:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C) and prepare a cupcake pan with liners. 2
2. . Add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt to a large mixer bowl and combine. Set aside.
3. . Add the milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs to a medium sized bowl and combine.
4. . Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and beat until well combined.
5. . Slowly add the water to the batter and mix on low speed until well combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to make sure everything is well combined. Please note that the batter will be very thin.
6. . Fill the cupcake liners about half way and bake for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
7. . Remove the cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for 2 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
8. . To make the frosting, beat the butter in a large mixer bowl until smooth.
9. . Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
10. 0. Add the vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of water or milk and mix until smooth.
11. 1. Add remaining powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
12. 2. Add remaining water or milk, as needed, and salt and mix until smooth.
13. 3. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. I used Ateco tip 844.

How to Get PERFECT VANILLA CUPCAKES Every Time

FAQ

How to make cupcake easy?

1. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.
3. Stir in the beaten eggs and vanilla extract.
4. Sift in the self raising flour and mix until just combined. …
5. Transfer the mixture into cupcake cases, filling half way.
6. Bake in oven for 20 minutes.

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