My Favorite Vanilla Cupcakes (these are best so far 12.21.17)

By michele080478

makes about 30-33

one batch of the good buttercream for school frosting was just enough and a perfect combo

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup cake flour (see note about making own)
• 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1 cup butter, room temperature, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• used the buttercream good for school recipe

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from cookiesandcups.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°
Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
In bowl of stand mixer add the first 5 ingredients and stir together using paddle attachment for about a minute. Enough to get them nice and combined.
With mixer on low, drop in butter, a few cubes at a time continuing until all butter is in and mixer resembles coarse sand.
Add eggs one at a time on low speed.
With mixer still on low slowly pour in milk and vanilla. Turn mixer to medium and beat for 2 minutes until batter is smooth, scraping sides of bowl as needed.
Fill liners 2/3 full (about 1/4 cup batter) and bake for 15-20 minutes until centers are set and toothpick comes out clean.
Allow to cool completely before frosting.


**Cake Flour Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour, minus 2 Tbsp
2 Tbsp corn starch

for this recipe i did one cup - 2 tbsp

then 3/4 cups minus 1/2 tbsp 3 times

i shifted both flours

basically put 1 and 3/4 cups of flour in sep bowl and then take out 3.5 tbsp out and add 3.5 tbsp corn starch