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Vanilla Cupcakes

August 27, 2009 by Louise

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Wonderfully sweet and buttery, vanilla cupcakes are easy to make and particularly luscious with lemon icing on top. Follow this easy recipe to achieve perfect cupcakes every time, and freeze leftovers ready for those unexpected guests popping in for a cup of coffee.

 

 


 

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Vanilla Cupcakes


  • Author: Louise
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 12-15 Cupcakes 1x
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Description

A classic vanilla cupcake recipe that is quick and easy to make.


Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

  1. Sift dry ingredients together.
  2. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and beat well until smooth and creamy.
  3. Place paper cups into muffin tin and fill each cup 3/4 full.
  4. Bake for 15 minutes at 180° C.
Icing
  1. Cream together 125g margarine and 125g icing sugar
  2. Add two tablespoons of milk and mix well.
  3. Add cocoa or food colouring.

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  1. Hungry Helpers

    August 11, 2012 at 9:59 am

    A quick and easy recipe that tastes great! Not too sweet, just right. Fun to make with the kids as well.. Perfect with a cup of coffee 🙂

  2. Luna

    August 30, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    Love these – so quick and easy and they come out great every time. I have made them often since I discovered the recipe in July. Only thing: I have a 12 cupcake pan, and this recipe JUST makes enough for 12. Nowhere near 16.

  3. Jenn

    September 4, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    The cupcakes are just what I was looking for. They came out moist and delicious. I used goats milk to make a dairy free version for my son (also used olive oil)
    I used Olivani for the icing and found it to be quite buttery and sweet so will be searching for a different icing recipe for my next lot. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  4. Linda ngubane

    October 22, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Cup cakes came out perfectly, but they were too sweet for my likings. I had to add a little extra milk and oil as the mixture was a bit too thick. I did not use this icing, I made a butter cream icing. Besides the sweetness and extra oil and milk, they were perfect.

  5. Shamie

    November 23, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    The best cupcakes ever!! Quick and easy and always a winner! My kids loved it and I’m so selfish to share this recipe with anyone!

  6. Candice

    November 26, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    Thank you for this delicious cupcake recipe,I baked for the first time and it was perfect.My son loved it.unfortunately my icing flopped.The cupcakes were great tho.Thanks again

  7. Dinah

    January 8, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Can I make them in a cupcake maker?

  8. Ferdi

    January 26, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    Great recipe, quick easy fun. 30 min in total and my friend and I had cupcakes for a snack. Instead of the icing I melted chocolate and combined it with whipped fresh cream (delish!!). ?

  9. Nikita

    February 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    Thanx for sharing! 😀

  10. Naz

    August 25, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    Brilliant, simple, recipe!

  11. Kenny

    March 10, 2014 at 1:42 am

    Super good! I loved them both the
    cupcakes and the icing are great!☻

  12. Hope

    August 10, 2015 at 1:33 pm

    Nice and simple. I supervised my 13 year old daughter to make them and they came beautiful

    • Nour

      February 6, 2017 at 3:13 am

      Yum best cupcakes ever

  13. Marily

    September 21, 2015 at 10:47 am

    Very tasty 🙂

  14. Yummilicious!

    September 24, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    Followed the recipe to a T and they came out perfect! Moist, fluffy, buttery (surprisingly!) and the right sweetness for me. Was looking for oil instead of butter cupcakes and will be adding this recipe to my growing list of tried and tested recipes. Took no time at all especially if you have measuring cups and spoons. I just mixed all the wet ingredients together in a jug, quickly sifted the dry ingredients together and mixed the former into the latter and hey presto! Took 15 mins exactly- definitely perfect for a last minute treat if someone pops over or you just fancy it. Thank you!

  15. Refiloe B

    October 1, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    The yummiest and easiest cupcakes ever, definitely saving this recipe fo future use.

  16. Inge

    October 26, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    I call this my kitchen cupcakes as I have everything I need to make them at hand. Inexpensive and delicious.

  17. XXMAX

    December 21, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    Hats off to you Louise ! What an awesome recipe ! all my family were spell bound ! thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe !!! <3

    ★★★★★

  18. Spurstotty

    December 23, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Please please what are the measurements In imperial or Metric….here in the uk we use kitchen scales, and weigh in ounces or grams. Either would be lovely

    • Mrs. R. Forrest

      January 5, 2017 at 8:53 pm

      Could you pleased give me the measurements in ozs, as u.k. is different with our measurements. Thank you, Mrs. Forrest

  19. fridah

    January 3, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    It is a great and wonderful recipe thanks

  20. FATHIMA BIBI Razack

    April 8, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    this recipe is amazing i use it as my basic cupcake recipe then add all the different extras each time i make it. absolutely love it !!!

    ★★★★★

  21. Nudrat

    April 13, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    I tried these cup cakes and the result was great.I just want one thing of anyone can answer.I used every ingredient in the mentioned quantity and beated well. Since my oven is not that much perfect there days so it took around 30 mins for me to get baked properly.But still I found that my cup cakes were not completely moist or like the better still needs to be baked .Can anyone guide me in this regard that what I should do to have completely soft and moiist cake without any feeling for some better needed to be baked more.

    ★★★★★

    • Myr

      December 7, 2016 at 12:05 am

      The oven temp is in Celsius. You should have put it to 350°F.

      ★★★★★

  22. Deidre

    November 4, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    Perfect, first time round! shape, texture, taste, moist. This is a keeper.

    ★★★★★

  23. Zhao

    November 8, 2016 at 10:05 am

    Perfect recipe and easy to make! Baked them this morning and had them for breakfast..they came out jst perfecto and they are so delish! My son loved them.

  24. Janey

    December 31, 2016 at 8:31 am

    Thank you for such a simple and perfectly moist cupcake! I’ve been using this recipe for over two years and keep the link saved on my phone. I’ve often used it for a cake too. I’ve made over a 1000 cupcakes with this!!!!! Yummy!!

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