1 cup superfine sugar
2 cups self-rising flour
1 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place 18 baking cups in muffin pans.
2. place all ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes.
3. spoon the mixture into the cups. Bake for 20 minutes.
makes 1 1/2 dozen
Mine versus theirs:
I think I did a pretty good job.
Vanilla cupcakes are basically the simplest cupcakes you can make. They're delicious, common, and they go well with pretty much any kind of icing. Because it's Thanksgiving weekend, I decorated these with my cousin in the form of thanksgiving foods.
I used carmel for the turkeys and gravy, cut up laffy taffies for the butter, and m&ms for the pie filling.
I should say that I didn't get the ideas for these from nowhere- I read about them in another cupcake book. But I didn't end up using all the same techniques or ingredients, just because of what was available at the store.
Baking with my cousin was extremely fun. I did learn that I can't trust myself not to take lots of taste tests of the batter and the icing- it was too delicious looking!
