Pretty Vanilla Cupcakes

Name: Pretty Vanilla Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 100 g butter; 100 g sugar; 2 eggs; 100 g self-raising flour; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 125 g butter; 100 g icing sugar; food coloring

Submitted by hectorthebat

"Pretty vanilla cupcakes"

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 12 cupcakes

ingredients

100 g butter
100 g sugar
2 eggs
100 g self-raising flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla extract
125 g butter
100 g icing sugar
food coloring

directions

Preheat oven to gas 4, 180C, fan 160°C Line a 12-hole bun tin with cupcake cases. Put the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat with an electric beater until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one by one and then beat in the flour and vanilla extract, plus a pinch of salt. The mixture should fall easily off your spoon; add a drop of milk if it is too stiff.
Put the mixture into the cupcake cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the cakes have risen and are firm. As soon as you can, lift out of their tins and cool on a wire rack.
For the icing, beat the butter until it's soft, then beat in the icing sugar until you have a soft buttercream. Divide the mixture into 3 portions, and colour each one pale pink, green, or yellow. Ice the cakes with the different colours, either using a palette knife or piping it on. Decorate with the pearl swirls or silver balls, or decorations of your choice.