Cupcakes: Deliciously Plain Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 cup 2% milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Line pan with cupcake liners.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Combine butter, 1 cup sugar, egg yolks, milk and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients.

Whip 1/2 cup sugar and egg whilte until fluffy and smooth.

Fold egg whites into batter.

Fill liners 1/2 full (do not overfill!)

Bake 20 minutes.

Let cool and frost with Deliciously Plain Buttercream Frosting.

Deliciously Plain Buttercream Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1/8-1/4 tsp. salt
4-5 Tbls. milk
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter until very fluffy. Add part sugar and salt and beat again. Continue adding sugar and milk in small batches, alternately, beating until very fluffy. Stir in vanilla.