HOW TO 100: MAKE VANILLA CUPCAKES

Baking a cake is not as difficult or time consuming as most people think. I usually tell my friends and folks around that you don’t have to learn the professional aspect of cake making and decorating except that's your intention. So as promised here is a tutorial on how I make my vanilla cupcakes including pictures. It will take about 50minutes including baking time.

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UTENSILS NEEDED

A Big Bowl

4 Little Bowls

Mixer (Hand mixer or Stand mixer or good old wooden spoon if you are ready to acquire some muscles)

Oven (of course)

A Spatula

Ice cream scoop

Measuring Spoon

Kitchen Scale

Cupcake cases

Cupcake tray

INGREDIENTS

200g Self Raising Flour (sifted)

200g Butter

200g Caster sugar

2 Eggs

1 Tablespoon of Vanilla extract

4 Tablespoons of Milk (optional)

PREPARATION

• Pre heat your oven to 170c or gas mark 3
• Put the sugar and butter in the big bowl and mix until fluffy and light

• Add the vanilla extract and mix until well incorporated into the butter and sugar mixture
• Then add the eggs one after the other and mix again

• Finally add the flour and mix until the cake batter is smooth, occasionally you can stop to scrap down the sides of the bowl and continue mixing.

• It’s the amount of air incorporated in the mixture that helps the cake rise and gives it that light and fluffy texture.
• Use the ice cream scoop to divide cake batter into the cupcake baking tray and bake for 15 - 20 minutes

• Once baked, place the cupcake on a cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.

Hope you find this helpful and feel free to drop comments or questions and I would respond as soon as I can. I will be posting a tutorial on how to make and decorate  with buttercream icing.

Have a Caketastic week....xoxo