Introduction: Vanilla Cupcakes With Buttercream Frosting

This is a easy way to make fluffy moist cupcakes. Its not a long and complicated process to get these delicious cupcakes and when your done you can enjoy

Supplies

ingredients for cupcakes

  • 2/3 cup butter softened
  • 1-3/4 cups of sugar
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups of all- purpose flour
  • 2-1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1-3/4 cups of 2% milk

Step 1: Set Up the Pans and Oven

preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and then place in 24 cupcake wrappers in a cupcake pans

Step 2: Mix Wet Ingredient + Sugar

in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar ( smash until it looks like the picture above) then add the eggs one at a time but make sure to crack it in a separate bowl so no shells get in the batter. while you add the eggs beat after each one goes in the batter. Beat in vanilla.

Step 3: Dry Ingredients

mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt

Step 4: Mix Both Bowls of Ingredients and Add Milk

Gradually add the flower in and alternate between flour and milk.

Step 5: Filling the Pan

Fill the prepared cupcake wrappers 3/4 the way and it should fill about 24 cup but if it fill less make sure to fill the unfilled spots with a little water so the bottom doesn't burn.

Step 6: When to Take It Out

It should take between 20 and 30 minutes to cook or wait until a toothpick comes out clean when you poke into the cupcake. Let cool 5 minutes in the pan and then take it out of the pan and put it on a cooling wrack to cool fully.

Step 7: Making the Frosting

Ingredients

  • 4 cups of confectioners sugar or one 16 oz box
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (soften
  • 4 tablespoons of milk
  • 1 -1/2 tablespoons of vanilla extract

(sorry i forgot to take a picture of this so i got one form the internet)

Step 8: Butter

In a large bowl, with an electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter until pale and creamy, about 2 minutes

( don't have a picture for this sorry)

Step 9: Add the Rest

add in the sugar beat at medium speed then when butter and sugar a mixed or its to stiff add in the vanilla and milk( if you need to add more milk add more milk)

Step 10: Fosting

When all ingredients are combined, increase the speed to medium and beat for 1 to 2 more minutes, until creamy. If desired, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency. if you want to make it just one color mix it in i made mine blue or if you want to make it more than one color separate it.

Step 11:

after the cupcakes are fully cooled put the buttercream into a pastry bag with the tip of your choice I used 32. then make a swirl on the cupcakes until you get to the middle. Repeat with all cupcakes.

Step 12: Enjoy

then when your done you can save it for later or enjoy it now!