Vanilla Cupcakes With Creamy Vanilla Buttercream

• Cupcakes:
• 4 ounces cake flour (about 1 cup)
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg white
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup 1% low-fat buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Cooking spray
• Buttercream Frosting:
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons half-and-half
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Dash of salt
• Sugar pearls (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
2. To prepare cupcakes, weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat oil, egg, and egg white with a mixer at medium speed until combined. Add granulated sugar; beat until thick and pale. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix after each addition. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
3. Place 12 paper or foil muffin cup liners in muffin cups; coat liners with cooking spray. Spoon batter into cups. Bake at 350u0b0 for 20 to 22 minutes or until tops of cupcakes spring back when pressed in center (they will not be brown.)
4. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.
5. To prepare buttercream frosting, place butter in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed until blended. Add half-and-half, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and dash of salt; beat at high speed until smooth and creamy. Top cupcakes with frosting. Sprinkle with sugar pearls, if desired.

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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-cupcakes-with-creamy-v (may not work)