How to make a vanilla cupcake.

in #minnowsupport7 years ago

Will be showing a really quick and easy recipe on how to make a plain vanilla cupcakes.
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To make 12 large cupcakes, you need:

150g of butter
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150g of caster sugar_20180209_225011.JPG

150g of self-raising flour
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3 eggs
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2 tablespoons of milk
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2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
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A teaspoon of baking powder.
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Pre-heat the oven to 1600 celsius or gas mark 3.
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Then, line a cupcake tray with cupcake cases
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Add the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat both the butter and sugar together
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Add the eggs one at a time, mix between each one.
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Then, mix in the vanilla extract.
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Add the baking powder to the flour and stir in. Even when using the self-rising flour, the added baking powder makes the cakes a little lighter and fluffier.
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Add your flour-baking powder mix to your wet mixture.
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After mixing in all the flour and baking powder, add the milk and mix that in.
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So now, you are going to spoon the batter into the cases. Spoon them in until about a third full.
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Now bake in the oven for about 25 minutes.
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Once they are golden brown on top, you know they are done
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Take them out of the oven, then leave them for 5 minutues before transferring them to a colling rack.
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12 delicious vanilla cupcakes. You can decorate them using buttercream, icing, chocolate ganache etc.

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