Classic American Vanilla Cupcakes
- 100 grams *Cake flour
- 2/3 tsp *Baking powder
- 1 pinch *Salt
- 1 Egg (large)
- 60 grams Sugar
- 80 grams Unsalted butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 60 ml Milk
- 80 grams Unsalted butter
- 80 grams Powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Heavy cream
- 3 tsp Raspberry Puree
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
- Sift together the * -marked ingredients and set aside.
- Leave the milk and eggs at room temperature.
- Melt the butter in the microwave.
- Put the egg and sugar into a bowl and beat for 3 minutes with a hand mixer until it becomes a fluffy and creamy texture.
- Add butter and vanilla extract and beat for another 2 minutes.
- Decrease the speed of the hand mixer and add 1/2 of the *-marked ingredients.
- Add the milk, mix in, and add the rest of the dry ingredients.
- Slowly beat to mix until no longer floury.
- Line the muffin pan and use a spoon or ice cream scooper to fill each about 2/3 full with the batter.
- Bake for 20~25 minutes in the preheated oven.
- When an inserted skewer comes out clean, they're finished.
- Place on a rack to cool.
- Raspberry Puree: In a small saucepan, add 150 g of raspberries and 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar.
- Warm on medium heat.
- It will become liquid, so boil down until a little bit thick.
- Strain using a colander to remove the seeds.
- Butter Cream: Add the room temperature butter and the powdered sugar to a bowl and beat together with a hand mixer for more than 5 minutes until creamy.
- Mix the ingredients until smooth.
- Add the raspberry puree until it reaches the desired thickness and flavor.
- If it gets too thick, adjust with heavy cream.
- Pipe the cream on top the cooled cupcakes.
- Refer to this recipe here to learn how to make vanilla extract: https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/151434-pure-vanilla-extract
flour, baking powder, salt, egg, sugar, butter, vanilla, milk, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, heavy cream, raspberry puree
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171306-classic-american-vanilla-cupcakes (may not work)