HALLOWEEN'S VANILLA CUPCAKES
Moist vanilla cupcakes with beautiful and vivid colours in Halloween theme. These cupcakes are perfect to entertain your next Halloween party.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 250kcal
Equipment
- 1 muffin tin
Ingredients
Vanilla cupcakes
- 1 ¼ cup (160 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (125 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup (160 g) soft butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla buttercream
- ⅔ cup unsalted and softened butter
- 2 & ½ cup powdered sugar sifted
- 3-4 tablespoons whole milk room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon orange gel food colouring
- 2 teaspoons black gel food colouring
Instructions
Vanilla cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 177 C / 350 F, middle rack. Prepare muffins tin with cupcake liners.
- In a medium bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set the bowl aside.
- In a bowl of a standing mixer, cream softened unsalted butter and granulated sugar, until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then, stir in the vanilla extract and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- With the mixer on a low speed, gradually add room temperature milk and sifted dry ingredients. Do not overmix.
- Using a scoop, evenly distribute the batter among 12 paper liners, filling each about two-thirds full. Place the muffin tin in the preheated oven and bake for 18- 20 minutes. Check the donness with inserted toothpick into the centre of a cupcake.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes. Then move them onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Vanilla buttercream
- In a standing mixer, cream the butter for about 8–10 minutes. This will help the butter to be fluffier and whiter.
- Lower the speed to minimum and start adding half of the quantity of powdered sugar. Mix until the sugar is well incorporated. Then add the other half of the powdered sugar and continue to mix on low speed, until sugar is fully incorporated.
- Add vanilla extract and slowly add one by one the four tablespoons of milk to thin a buttercream. Continue to mix until the milk is fully incorporated, and the mixture is light and fluffy. If the buttercream is too stiff, add an extra tablespoon of milk.