Birthday Cupcakes
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| Yield | 24 (1 cupcake each) |
| Meal type | Dessert |
| Website | Cooks Country |
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 3 cups plain cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 4 Large eggs (at room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup sugar (9 1/3 ounces)
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
Frosting
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (3 sticks, at room temperature)
- 3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon table salt
- sprinkles (optional)
Directions
| Cupcakes | |
| 1. | |
| Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Line 2 standard muffin/cupcake tins with paper or foil cupcake liners. | |
| 2. | |
| Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl until combined. Whisk eggs and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. In steady stream, pour sugar into eggs, whisking constantly. Gradually whisk in melted butter, then add buttermilk. Add one-third of dry ingredients to bowl with wet ingredients. Using whisk, gently combine; a few streaks of flour should remain. Repeat twice with remaining dry ingredients. Continue to gently stir batter with whisk until most lumps are gone. Do not overmix. | |
| 3. | |
| Fill cupcake liners about two-thirds full. Bake, with tins side by side on middle rack, until cupcakes just begin to color and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool pans on wire racks for 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes from pans, place back on rack, and cool to room temperature before frosting, about 1 hour. | |
| Frosting | |
| 4. | |
| Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy, about 30 seconds. With mixer on low speed, add sugar, 1 cup at a time, and mix to combine. Increase speed to high and beat until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute. | |
| 5. | |
| Reduce speed to medium-low and add milk, vanilla, and salt. Increase speed to high and beat until fluffy, 30 more seconds. | |