Very Vanilla Cupcakes With Easy Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Very Vanilla Cupcakes:. Preheat oven to 350 °F and line mini muffin tins with paper liners.
• Sift flours, baking powder and salt and set aside. Whisk milk, oil and vanilla bean paste together and set aside.
• Whip egg whites with 6 tbsp of sugar until they hold a soft peak when beaters are lifted. In a separate bowl, whip egg yolks with remaining 6 tbsp of sugar until doubled in volume and a pale, butter colour. Fold whipped whites into yolk mixture. Fold flour into whipped eggs in two additions. Stir a spoonful of batter into milk mixture then add all back to batter, folding quickly to incorporate.
• Pipe or spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, 3/4-full. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, until cupcake springs back when touched. Let cool.
• Easy Icing:. Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy and smooth. On low speed, add icing sugar, 1 cup at a time, until blended. Beat in vanilla bean paste and add milk, 1 tbsp at a time until desired consistency is achieved. Ice cupcakes as desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Grease and flour 24 standard-size muffin cups, or line with paper wrappers; set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, cream the butter until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add the sugar; continue beating until very light and fluffy.
• Reduce mixer speed to medium; beat in the eggs, 2 at a time, then the vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low; alternately beat in the flour mixture with the milk, just until blended.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared cups; bake for 20-25 minutes, until the tops are soft but springy.
• Cool 5-10 minutes in the tins on a wire rack; carefully invert and cool completely.
• Frost as desired.
• *For a more intense vanilla flavor, make vanilla sugar: bury a halved vanilla bean in a container of granulated sugar; cover tightly and let stand for a few days to let the flavor develop.
• Stir every so often.
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