Vanilla Cupcakes with Butter Icing

By Yvette Litkie, added 18 January 2011

Difficulty Easy Serves 24 cupcakes RecipePrep time10 minutes RecipeCooking Time 20 minutes

  • Vanilla Cupcakes with Butter Icing

Light, fluffy vanilla cupcakes with melt in the mouth butter icing. Add sprinkles and fondant flowers to make them just a little bit fancy!

Recipe Rating: 5

Ingredients

Cupcake:
150g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Chelsea Caster Sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 1/4 cups milk

Butter Icing:
100g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar
2-3 drops vanilla essence
1-2 Tbsps milk
Raspberries, sugar flowers or silver cachous to decorate.

Method

Cupcake:
Preheat oven to 190°C. Beat butter with an electric mixer until smooth, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. Add the sifted flour, milk and vanilla, beat until smooth.
Place paper baking cups in a cupcake tin, pour in mixture until they are about 2/3 full (don't overfill or they will form peaks). Note: this recipe makes 24 cupcakes so you might need to do in 2 batches.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. While cupcakes are cooling on a wire rack, prepare the icing.

Butter Icing:
Beat the butter until it is pale and fluffy. Sift in the icing sugar, add the vanilla essence and milk until you have a light, fluffy mixture. Add extra milk if you need the mixture to spread easier. Spread or pipe icing over cupcakes and top with decorations if desired.
Allow to set before serving.

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Overall rating

Recipe Rating: 5

5 ratings, 156 people added this to their Favourite Recipes.

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  • 5

    I really love the butter icing it really gives the cupcakes some sweetness.

  • 5

    Made these for morning tea at work.Delicious cupcakes,they went quickly.