Vanilla birthday cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes with swirled frosting

This is the dependable cupcake: fluffy, sturdy, and not interested in collapsing in a warm car.

Let them cool completely before frosting. Completely means longer than everyone wants to wait.

The recipe

Vanilla birthday cupcakes

Prep25 min
Cook25 min
Total50 min
Serves18
Containswheat

Ingredients

Serves
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar

Quantities update with the servings control. “To taste” ingredients stay intentionally inexact.

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 350°F and line two cupcake pans.

  2. 2

    Whisk the flour and sugar, then mix with the remaining wet ingredients until smooth.

  3. 3

    Divide among 18 cups and bake until the centers spring back, about 25 minutes.

Kid verdict♥♥♥♥♥

The frosting was removed first. The cake portion still received full marks.

Dietary notes

What the ingredient list tells us

vegan: conditionalvegetarian: compatiblegluten-free: incompatibledairy-free: compatible

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