cupcakes

Everyone likes cupcakes or at least the way they look like, right?
But not everyone knows a good recipe, so here's one for you that I found in an american cupcake book - I love that recipe so much! It doesn't take long and is so easy!

They are just so fluffy and taste a little like vanilla. ♥

(You can buy the book here if you like the recipe --> 500 Cupcakes)

think pink cupcakes

for the cupcakes:

1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar 

2 cups cake flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

4 large eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

for the frosting:

3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened

Pinch of salt

(Pink food coloring)

(Silver candy balls)

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Place 18 paper baking cups in muffin pans. Combine all the cupcake ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Spoon the butter into the cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pans from fromm the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack.  

To make the frosting, cream the confectioners' sugar, butter, and salt with an electric mixer until smooth. (Add a few drops of food coloring, and mix well.) Spread the frosting liberally onto the cooled cupcakes (and sprinkle with silver balls).

Store unfrosted in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.

That's one of the many cupcakes I made

I hope you try and like it as much as I do! ♥

love, Katha xo