Vanilla cupcakes - Pretty rose cupcakes with butter vanilla icing
You will need the following items: Self Raising flour 250 g Margarine or butter softened 250 g Caster sugar 250 g Eggs 4 Milk 1/4 cup Lemon juice and Vanilla essence 1 tsp each Salt 3 pinches Baking powder 1 tsp Let’s make them: Set the oven to 180 C . Cream the batter Beat butter and sugar together until creamy, using an electric hand mixer (3 mins) Add eggs, one at a time. Make sure you beat well after each addition Add vanilla essence, lemon juice, salt and beat for two rounds Sieve flour Mix baking powder to flour and sieve onto the cake batter, holding the sieve well above it, allowing the air to escape Do not use the electric mixer at this point. Fold the flour gently with a wooden spoon until everything turns into a creamy batter Add milk and mix well Fill the cupcake cases Fill the paper cupcake cases 3/4 with the batter, leaving space for cakes to rise Place the cases in the cupcake tray Bake in the oven Pop the tray in to t...