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Simple Vanilla Cupcakes topped with white royal icing and a blue sugar flower.

Simple Vanilla Cupcakes

Bree Hester
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Wait Time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course cupcakes
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 262 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons milk temperature

For the Royal Icing:

  • 2 egg whites or powdered egg whites
  • 3 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • food coloring optional
  • sugared flowers optional

Instructions
 

  • Put all of the ingredients in a food processor except for the milk.
  • Pour the milk through the tunnel and process until smooth.
    Creamy cake batter in food processor ready for baking.
  • Put the batter in the prepared muffin tins. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until brown in a 350 degree oven. Cool completely and then ice.
    Baked Bree cupcake batter in a muffin tin ready for baking.
  • Combine the egg whites and confectioners sugar in a mixing bowl and whip with a mixer until opaque and shiny, about 5 minutes.
    Smooth creamy frosting being mixed in a stand mixer, perfect for baking and cake decorating.
  • Whisk in the lemon juice to thin out the icing.
    Whisking icing in a stand mixer for Simple Vanilla Cupcakes.
  • Mix for a few more minutes until you reach the consistency for spreading on cupcakes.
    Whipped egg whites in a mixing bowl for baking recipes.
  • Spread the icing on the top of the cooled cupcakes.
    Simple vanilla cupcakes on a cooling rack, some plain and some frosted with white icing.
  • Top with a sugar flower and let harden. My new favorite cupcake.
    Simple vanilla cupcakes with white frosting and blue sugar flowers on a cooling rack.

Nutrition

Calories: 262kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 162mgFiber: 0.2g
Keyword Simple Vanilla Cupcakes
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