VANILLA CUPCAKES

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Decorate these easy vanilla cupcakes with buttercream and the topping of your choice. They're super-simple to make and taste divine - great as a teatime treat

Provided by Member recipe by alyma

Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

120g butter, softened
120g caster sugar
2 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
120g self-raising flour
140g butter, softened
275g icing sugar
1-2 tbsp milk
A few drops of food colouring (optional)

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and mix into the butter mixture along with the vanilla extract.
Fold in the flour, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are three quarters full.
Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 5-10 minutes. Then place on a wire rack.
For the buttercream icing, beat the butter until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
Add the remaining icing sugar with 1 tbsp milk, adding more milk if necessary, until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Add food colouring (optional) and mix well.
Spoon the buttercream into a piping bag and add a nozzle of your choice. Pipe in a swirl motion and then enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 287 calories, Fat 16 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 34 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 27 grams sugar, Fiber 0.4 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Sodium 0.44 milligram of sodium