Vanilla Buttermilk Cupcakes

Name: Vanilla Buttermilk Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 45
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 158 milliliters buttermilk; 2 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Vanilla Buttermilk Cupcakes is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 56 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat. This recipe serves 45. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. It is an inexpensive recipe for fans of American food. If you have vanilla, flour, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and all the sugar until well blended.

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Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs and vanilla and beat on high speed until well blended.

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Vanilla

Egg

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into another bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

With mixer on low speed, beat about a third of the flour mixture into butter mixture, then about a third of the buttermilk. Repeat to beat in remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, alternating in thirds. When all the flour is incorporated, beat mixture on medium speed just until well blended.

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Buttermilk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Fill paper-lined or buttered muffin cups (1/3-cup capacity) about three-fourths full with batter (about 1/4 cup in each).

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Muffin Liners

Bake in a 350 oven until tops spring back when lightly touched in the center, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on racks 5 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely.

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Oven

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Frosting

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Don't think that sprinkles are cheesy. They can actually elevate the look.

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Sprinkles

Mix simple decorations with more elegant ones. Colorful sprinkles aren't lowbrow beside sifted cocoa.

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Colored Sprinkles

Cocoa Powder

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Mini Chocolate Chips

Malted Milk Balls

Dark Chocolate

Jelly Beans

Chocolate

Sprinkles

Peanuts

Toffee

M&ms

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Candied Ginger