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Basic Vanilla Cupcakes-Vanilla Sponge Cupcakes Recipe

November 23, 2015 20 Comments

The best way to start baking after a long time is from the basics. I have always loved the simplicity of plain cakes, or tea cakes, as they are sometimes called. My mom used to make them quite regularly as a snack when we were in school. She used those manual egg-beaters that formed beautiful white peaks when the egg whites have been beaten for about 45 minutes.

Basic Vanilla Cupcakes-Vanilla Sponge Cupcakes Recipe
This recipe doesn’t call for beating the egg too much cuz since I don’t have an electric beater, I go for such recipes mostly.


Basic Vanilla Cupcakes – Vanilla Sponge Cupcakes Recipe

What I Used:
(Makes about 16 cupcakes)

Butter – 1/2 cup, at room temperature
All purpose flour / maida – 1 3/4 cups
Powdered sugar 1 cup (measure after powdering)
Egg – 1
Milk – 3/4 cup, at room temperature
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

How I Made It:

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Cream butter and sugar together until nicely mixed.

3. Use a fork and whisk the egg for about 10-15 minutes. The more you beat, the softer the cupcakes turn out. I lose patience at the end of 15 mins or so.

4. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt until blended well. I didn’t have a sieve until recently so before that, I just used to put the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.

5. Once the flour mixture is well blended, add to the butter-sugar mixure.

6. Mix well, in one direction. Then add the beaten egg and milk little by little making sure the batter is nicely blended. You don’t need to eccessively mix at this time, just make sure the ingredients are blended.

7. Once the milk and egg have been completely added, mix in the vanilla essense.

8. Grease a muffin tray or line it with muffin paper cups. Pour batter 2/3 of the way.

9. Bake in a 375 degrees oven for about 20-25 mins until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.

Basic Vanilla Cupcakes-Vanilla Sponge Cupcakes Recipe
Notes

– In case you don’t have a muffin tray, you can use a regular cake try to make a normal cake.

– This recipe, with a little less sugar can be used to make layered cakes with frosting in the middle.

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Comments

  1. Roopa

    January 7, 2018 at 5:17 am

    Hi,
    Could you please tell me if the oven temperatures in your receipes are in Celsius or Fahrenheit .

    Reply
    • nags

      January 10, 2018 at 4:12 pm

      i add both. C is celsius and F is Fahrenheit

      Reply
  2. Varsha Vipins

    April 1, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    They look so soft ..So truthfully n nicely explained..:)

    Reply
  3. Sig

    April 1, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    Happy New Year dear N! Wish you a wonderful year ahead!

    Reply
  4. Arundhuti

    January 6, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Lovely cupcakes!

    Reply
  5. Sig

    January 2, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    Happy New Year dear N! Wish you a wonderful year ahead!

    Reply
  6. Uma

    January 1, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Wishing you and your family a wonderful New Year 2009!

    Reply
  7. Kalai

    January 1, 2009 at 1:00 am

    Perfect cup cakes, Nags! Wish you and your family a very happy new year! 🙂

    Reply
  8. Ramya's Mane Adige

    December 30, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    Happy New Year!!! cup cakes look delicious….

    Reply
  9. Mansi

    December 30, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    the cupcakes look cute Nags!

    wish you and your family a very Happy & Prosperous New year gal:)

    Reply
  10. notyet100

    December 30, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    hiii,..cupcakes look so yum,..perfect for the season,..nd ya wish u nd ur famiy members a very happy new yr,..:-)

    Reply
  11. Mallika

    December 30, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    They look fantastic. I bought myself a cake stand and cupcakes are next on my list of things to try. Please may I request a buttercream icing? Have a fab New year!

    Reply
  12. Ziah

    December 30, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    So here I come after a long long time, and some good, wholesome muffins await me!:) Food is just so comforting:)

    Reply
  13. RAKS KITCHEN

    December 30, 2008 at 9:29 am

    I too have to try this sometime…basic cup cake is something very useful to me coz,I am zero in baking!Myhank for next year's resolution must be baking!!
    Thanks for the wishes and Wish you & TH the same!

    Reply
  14. The Veggie Guy

    December 29, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Very nice. I also avoid using a mixer when at all possible.

    Reply
  15. Varsha Vipins

    December 29, 2008 at 8:49 am

    They look so soft ..So truthfully n nicely explained..:)

    Reply
  16. Uma

    December 29, 2008 at 6:22 am

    looks lovely. Perfect cupcakes.

    Reply
  17. Mahimaa's kitchen

    December 29, 2008 at 6:20 am

    looks very soft and spongy 🙂

    Reply
  18. Miri

    December 29, 2008 at 4:57 am

    Nothing like a vanilla white cupcake to take you back to some childhood memories! Looks melt in the mouth yummy!
    BTW, I have only just yesterday bought an electric blender for my baking exploits – but that never stopped me from baking all kinds of stuff – and I can assure you that I don’t have the patience or the strength to keep up the hand beater:) …so let that not stop you from experimenting with other recipes!
    And also, what are hubbies for if not lending some much needed muscle power in the kitchen! 😉

    Reply
  19. Ann

    December 29, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Thats a perfect tea time snack..Kids’s fav too..your pictures look yummy

    Reply

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