Vanilla Cupcakes

I baked cupcakes for a friend's birthday. She specifically asked for "vanilla cupcakes" so I pulled up a classic Martha Stewart recipe for cupcakes. The recipe is actually not to sweet and the cupcakes plain are quite delicious!

Recipe from Martha Stewart.

Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour (not self rising)
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 tbsp unsalted butter (room temperature) or 1½ sticks of butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 
2. Prepare dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and salt, whisk together and set aside. 
3. Prepare wet ingredients: combine butter and sugar with electric mixer until fluffy (4 minutes). Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. 
4. Alternate dry flour mixture & milk INTO wet ingredients: Start and end with flour. 
5. Fill cupcake paper liners ⅔ full. 
6. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. 

Illustrated Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line your cupcake pans with paper liners

2. Prepare dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and salt, whisk together and set aside.

3. Prepare wet ingredients: combine butter and sugar with electric mixer until fluffy (4 minutes). Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.

4. Alternate dry flour mixture & milk INTO wet ingredients: Start and end with flour.

5. Fill cupcake paper liners ⅔ full.

6. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Ice the cupcakes!

I chose to ice this with Nutella Buttercream