Vanilla Cupcakes
This is the BEST Vanilla Cupcakes recipe you will ever try and they are perfect to make with the kids! Both regular and Thermomix instructions included.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 125 grams butter softened
- ⅔ cup caster sugar
- 1 and ½ cups self raising flour
- ½ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
For the Icing
- 1 and ½ cups icing sugar mixture
- 1 tbsp butter softened
- 2 - 4 tbsp boiling water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, and line a 12 hole muffin tray with paper cases.
- Put the softened butter, sugar, flour, milk, vanilla and eggs in a bowl and beat with electric beaters on a low speed for 2 minutes or until well mixed
- Increase speed and beat for a further 2 minutes or until smooth and pale
- Spoon mixture into the cupcake tray and bake for 18 -20 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
- Allow to cool completely on a wire rack
- Once cooled, to make the icing, combine the icing sugar ingredients into a small bowl. Add the water a tablespoon at a time and mix until it's just spreadable.
- Top the cupcakes with the icing and allow to set.
Notes
These cupcakes are freezer friendly iced or un-iced.