Basic Vanilla Cupcakes
A no-nonsense standard vanilla cupcake recipe.
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Egg
- 2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 3 Tbsp Yogurt
- 1/4 cup + 1 1/2 tbsp Milk
- 1/2 Tbsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 175C
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
- Add sugar and combine.
- Add butter and combine with a hand mixer or a whisk to create a fine crumb.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, yogurt and oil.
- Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Add the vanilla to the milk and gradually add the milk into the bowl while whisking on low speed.
- Beat until you have a smooth mixture; around 2 minutes.
- Line a cupcake tray and fill* till about 3/4ths of the way up.
- Bake at 175C for 18-20 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test!
- Allow the cupcakes to cool in the tray for 10 minutes and then transfer onto a wire rack.
- Decorate as you please or enjoy them as is!
Notes
- Since this is quite a runny batter, I like to transfer it into a piping bag. Just snip the end off and you can avoid the scooping mess!