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Yellow cupcakes topped with milk chocolate frosting and colorful sprinkles in newspaper-style wrappers.

Yellow Cupcakes Recipe

Amanda BC
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course cupcakes
Cuisine American
Servings 16 cupcakes
Calories 272 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large eggs room temperature, yolks and whites separated
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup whole milk room temperature
  • Milk chocolate frosting store-bought or homemade
  • Sprinkles for decoration

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. If using a 12-hole muffin pan, you will need to use 2 for the 16 cupcakes.
  • Beat the egg whites with a mixer until fluffy and soft peaks form, about 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
    Beating egg whites until fluffy with a mixer for yellow cupcakes.
  • Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, cream the softened butter and sugar together until smooth, then add the egg yolks and vanilla, mixing until well combined.
    Creaming softened butter and sugar for yellow cupcakes in a white bowl.
  • Gradually mix the dry ingredients and milk into the creamed butter mixture, alternating between them, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
    Creamy cake batter being mixed with an electric hand mixer in a white bowl.
  • Gently fold the whipped egg whites into the batter.
    Gently folding whipped egg whites into the yellow cupcake batter.
  • Fill the cupcake liners halfway with the batter and bake for 18-20 minutes.
  • Once baked, let the cupcakes cool in the baking pan for 1 hour before topping with milk chocolate frosting and adding sprinkles.

Nutrition

Calories: 272kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 206mgFiber: 1g
Keyword milk chocolate frosting, yellow cupcakes
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