Easy cupcakes
19 August 2012 in Baking, Cheap and cheerful, Easy to prepare
This is a very versatile recipe, it can be a loaf cake, a lemon cake or simple but delicious cupcakes.
Cupcakes
1½ cups (375 ml) cake flour
1 cup (250 ml) sugar
2 tsp (10 ml) baking powder
a pinch of salt
125g softened butter
2 eggs
5ml Vanilla Essence/Extract
½ cup (125 ml) of milk
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Preheat oven to 175 degrees centigrade.
Grease a muffin tray, or use paper muffin cases.
Place all the ingredients in a bowl – yes, that’s right, all of them!
Beat for 3 minutes on high.
Spoon into the muffin cases.
Bake for 25 minutes or until risen and golden brown.
Allow to cool*
Makes 12 muffin sized cupcakes
*As soon as you take the cakes out of the oven, place them onto cooling racks, if you leave them in the muffin tins to cool the paper cases tend to come away from the sides of the cake.
1/2 cup Icing Sugar
1 Tbsp water
Sift the icing sugar into and bowl and mix in the water
Now my icing skills leave a lot to be desired, so I just drizzle zig-zag lines over the cakes…works for me! If you want to ice them completely then you need to make more icing.
adinparadise said on 19 August 2012
This sounds like a really yummy and easy recipe. I love cupcakes.
Sous Chef said on 22 August 2012
It’s a very easy recipe and the lemon just lifts the cupcake.
June said on 22 August 2012
Where does the lemon come in? I don’t see any lemon in the ingredients?
Sous Chef said on 22 August 2012
Sorry June, senior moment, you are quite right, there is no lemon! I had baked a lemon version just the day before, so they were on my mind.
Mandy - The Complete Cook Book said on 19 August 2012
May I have a cup of tea with mine please?
Mandy
Sous Chef said on 22 August 2012
Certainly dahling! Earl Grey?
Lisa Bradshaw said on 19 August 2012
Love this recipe and will be so easy for my 16h00 tea time cakes in winter…thanks!!
Sous Chef said on 22 August 2012
Pleasure Lisa – enjoy!
Healthy Vegetarian Foods By Usha Singh said on 22 August 2012
Lovely recipe Sue, and so nice & simple> Love the pics
Sous Chef said on 23 August 2012
Thanks Usha, hope you are feeling better?!
benita said on 23 August 2012
Sadly at 47 this is my first baking attempt, I have a 6 year old daughter (my only) and thought it would be great to bake with her. We had so much fun, quick and easy recipe for us both. In my excitement I forgot the baking power, but they were delicious just the same. Thanks, will definitely try again
Sous Chef said on 24 August 2012
Glad you enjoyed making the cakes and I bet your daughter had fun also!
Tandy said on 24 August 2012
I love your icing skills
Sous Chef said on 24 August 2012
They are highly skilled hey?!