Description
Soft, moist vanilla cupcakes topped with tall, creamy frosting and colorful sprinkles.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cups
- Unsalted butter – ½ cup, softened
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Eggs – 2 large
- Vanilla extract – 1 tbsp
- Baking powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Salt – ¼ tsp
- Milk – ½ cup
- Butter – 1 cup (softened)
- Powdered sugar – 3 cups
- Vanilla extract – 1 tbsp
- Cream or milk – 2–3 tbsp
- Sprinkles (pastel, round, multicolor)
Instructions
- Mix base batter: Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
- Combine dry ingredients: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together.
- Blend wet + dry: Mix in half the dry mix, then the milk, then the rest of the dry mix until smooth.
- Fill liners: Divide batter into 12 cupcake liners, ⅔ full.
- Bake: Bake 18–20 minutes at 350°F/175°C until centers spring back. Cool completely.
- Make buttercream: Beat butter until creamy, add powdered sugar gradually, then vanilla + cream until fluffy.
- Frost and decorate: Pipe tall swirls and finish with colorful sprinkles.
Notes
- Ensure butter is softened for easy creaming.
- Do not overmix the batter to keep cupcakes fluffy.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 40mg