Valentine's Day Vanilla Cupcakes

Cute Valentine's day cupcakes!

Cupcakes are not just for a special occasions, as any day is a good day for a cupcake.... Or at least, that's my excuse! :)

With only a handful of ingredients involved, cupcakes are super quick and easy to bake.

With cupcakes, you can change up the flavour, colour,  and style them any which way you like. They are guaranteed to go down a treat and they certainly don't last long  at all  in my house!

My recipe makes 12 perfectly fluffy Vanilla flavoured cupcakes!

Check out the pretty Ombre cupcakes I created to celebrate this year's coming Valentine's day!

What you will need ~

  • Scales to measure ingredients correctly
  • A large mixing bowl
  • An Electric Whisk 
  • Sieve
  • 12 paper cupcake cases
  • A Spatula 
  • 2 Spoons (1 big and 1 small)
  • 12 hole Cupcake baking Tray 

Ingredients:

  • 125 gm Self Raising Flour 
  • 125 gm Caster Sugar 
  • 1/4 Teaspoon of Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 125 gm Soft Unsalted Butter 
  • 2 Large (Free Range ~because we love chickens)
  • 2 Tablespoons of Milk
  • 1/4 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

Method:

  • Heat your oven to 170 degrees. 
  • Place the 12 cupcake cases into the cupcake baking tray
  • Sieve in your flour, caster sugar, and bicarbonate of soda into your mixing bowl
  • Add in your butter
  • Crack in your 2 large free range eggs
  • Mix on a low speed initially, and once all of the ingredients come together, turn up to a medium speed for approx. 1 minute.
  • Add in your milk and vanilla extract to your cupcake batter
  • Mix again on a medium speed for approx. 30 seconds.
  • Use your spatula to scrape any excess batter from your whisk and gently mix the better to ensure all of the ingredients have been incorporated fully.
  • Use your spoons to fill your cupcake cases. Pick up a generous amount of batter with your large spoon and scrape the batter into the case using your small spoon.
  • Fill them around 3/4's of the way. 
  • Bake them in the pre heated oven for 22 minutes.
  • Let them cool completely before decorating them.

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