Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Vanilla cupcakes... I have always devoured the sight of these little beautiful fluffy yellow iced delicacy sitting like little showpieces on those glass cupboards in bakeries. I wondered if i could ever be an artist of that genre. There started my humble trials and toils with flour and egg batter. The result, which as my heart yearned were delicious and here I share with you one of my priced recipes...  

Ingredients

For the Cake

• Self Raising Flour: 2.5 Cups (1 cup = 250gms)
• Milk: 1 cup
• Vegetable oil: 3/4 Cup
• Eggs: 4
• Vanilla Essence: 1 Tsp
• Sugar: 2 Cups

For the frosting

• Butter: 220 Gms
• Icing sugar: 4cups
• Milk: 2 Tbsp
• Vanilla Essence: 1 tsp
• Pink food colour: 1/4 Tsp (Optional)

Method

1. Mix the sugar and eggs for a minute with an electric beater until creamy
2. Add all the other ingredients to the egg mixture and beat further. Do not over beat. Just mix until the dry ingredients are well incorporated 
3. Transfer the batter into a muffin tray lined with cup cake liners and bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 20-30 minutes until done
4. While the cakes are baking the frosting can be prepared. For this, beat the butter with an electric beater until light and fluffy and keep adding the sugar little by little and beat further. 
5. Add vanilla essence and food colour and beat further until all sugar is used up. Adjust the consistency of the icing with milk.
6. Once the cup cakes are cooled completely use a piping bag and nozzle of your choice to decorate the cup cakes.

Notes:

1. If using All purpose flour instead of Self Raising flour then add 1 tsp of baking powder and 1 tsp baking soda to the maida. 

2. You can make half of this recipe for lesser number of cakes.

Happy Baking!!

Shabana