I
baked the cupcake day before the party and I made the vanilla buttercream
frosting few hours before the party. I got this recipe from Brown Eyed Baker site.
1½
cups all-purpose flour
1
cup granulated sugar
1½
teaspoons baking powder
½
teaspoon table salt
8
tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature
½
cup sour cream
1
large egg , room temperature
2
large egg yolks , room temperature
1½
teaspoons vanilla extract
1.
Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard
muffin/cupcake tin with paper or foil liners.
2.
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in bowl of standing mixer
fitted with paddle attachment. Add butter, sour cream, egg and egg yolks, and
vanilla; beat at medium speed until smooth and satiny, about 30 seconds. Scrape
down sides of bowl with rubber spatula and mix by hand until smooth and no
flour pockets remain.
3.
Divide batter evenly among cups of prepared tin. Bake until cupcake tops are
pale gold and toothpick or skewer inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to
24 minutes. Remove the cupcakes from tin and transfer to wire rack; cool
cupcakes to room temperature before frosting.
Vanilla
Buttercream Frosting
1
cup (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2½
cups powdered sugar
1
tablespoon vanilla extract
1.
Using the wire whisk attachment of your stand mixer, whip the butter on
medium-high speed for 5 minutes, stopping to scrape the bowl once or twice.
2.
Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the
powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the
vanilla, mixing until incorporated. Whip at medium-high speed until light and
fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed.
My
son loves the vanilla cupcake and he keeps on eating my cupcake while I’m
waiting for the other batches to finish so I ended up baking more.
It
was my first time to decorate a cupcake and I thought it was easy but it wasn’t.
I need more practice, but at least I did it, I’m still happy with the result. Hehe!
Happy, happy birthday, Ethan :)
ReplyDeleteYou're a big boy na! :)
thanks!
DeletePractice makes perfect.
ReplyDeleteDIY lang yung cake toper? Anu po pinaglagyan mu ng cupcake? o as in ganyan mu nalang dinistribute sa mga kids? hehe planning to bake also cupcakes for the twins birthday at school kaya kumukuha ng ideas:)
ReplyDeleteyes sis, print ko lang yung cupcake topper and yan na mismo lagayan ko. =)
DeleteSabagay on the way to school naka sasakyan naman kayu eh diba so hindi masisira yung topper and yung toppings..Gagayahin ko to ha hehe:)
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