PERFECTLY MOIST AND FLUFFY VANILLA CUPCAKES

Happy National Vanilla Cupcake Day! How gorgeous are these cupcakes? I swear I’m obsessed, I wish they could last forever, but unfortunately I’m surrounded by vanilla lovers so these barely lasted a week.
This recipe was modified from my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe. Just like my chocolate cupcake recipe, you only need 1 bowl, 1 measuring cup and 1 whisk to make these cupcakes. It’s as simple as mixing the dry ingredients together, then the wet ingredients, and mixing them together!
The dry ingredients are pretty simple: flour, granulated sugar etc. The wet ingredients are what give these cupcakes that amazing fluffy texture. The recipe uses a combination of buttermilk AND sour cream, which makes these cupcakes extremely soft and moist.

Ingredients
Vanilla Cupcakes:

• 1 and ½ cups All purpose flour
• 1 and ½ cups granulated Sugar
• 1 and ½ teaspoons Baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 large Eggs, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
• ⅓ cup Vegetable oil
• ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
• ½ cup sour cream, room temperature
• Vanilla Buttercream:
• ½ cup Unsalted Butter, softened to room temperature
• ½ cup Hi-ratio Shortening
• ⅛ tsp Salt
• 4 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
• ¼ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 and ½ tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
• ¼ tsp Pure Almond Extract (optional)
• Few drops of Teal food colouring (optional)
• Sprinkle blend (I used a mixture of Pink sprinkles, White sprinkles and Confetti sprinkles)

Instructions

1. For the Vanilla Cupcakes:
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177C), and line a standard cupcake pan with paper liners.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, Sugar, Baking powder, Baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine.
4. In a measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, vanilla, vegetable oil, buttermilk and sour cream. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk to combine. Fill each liner HALFWAY full.
5. ..............................

for full instruction please see : www.queensleeappetit.com

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