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Basic Vanilla Cupcakes-Vanilla Sponge Cupcakes Recipe

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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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  11. Mallika says

    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!

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  13. RAKS KITCHEN says

    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!

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  18. Miri says

    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! 😉

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