Light Vanilla Cupcake 1

Light Vanilla Cupcakes 
This is my go to recipe for vanilla cupcakes. This one is from Glorious Treats who had done all the hard work to create this recipe. The reason I love it is because its a great light cupcake ,giving you the "perfect texture" that a box mix gives you but with the homemade taste. The recipe can be made using a whisk or stand mixer making the cupcake a fast, easy worthwhile recipe. This gives us a perfect blank canvas.
This recipe is from Glorious Treats

Ingredients  

-1 and 1/4 Self Rising Flour

(or 1 and 1/4 Plain flour & 1 and 1/4 tsp baking powder & 1/2 tsp salt)

- 2 Large Eggs (preferred at room temp) 

-3/4 cup Caster sugar 

-1/2 cup Vegetable oil (e.g canola or light extra olive oil)

-1/2 cup Buttermilk or ( 1/2 milk with 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar or lemon juice- add 5 mins before using)
-1 tsp Vanilla 

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C or 160C fan forced.
2. Sift the flour and set aside. (If creating buttermilk add acid to the milk now and stir ,setting it aside) 
3. In a bowl beat the eggs for 20 seconds until slightly frothy. Then add the sugar,beating again for 40 seconds. Lastly add the vanilla and oil,beat til combine. 
4. When using a stand mixer,slowly add half of the flour,combine, add half the milk ,combine, then continue with the rest ( Order: flour,mix,milk,mix,flour,mix,milk mix til just combined) 
5. Pour the batter into cupcake pans with cupcake liners about 2/3 full, the batter will be thin.
6. Bake the cupcakes in the oven for 12-16 mins or until they are spring to the touch. 
7. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 5 mins then cool completely on a wire rack.

Tips & Notes 

*Use a pouring jug or cup to make it easier and quicker to pour into the cupcake pans 

"You can't be sad when you're holding a cupcake" -