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A child's hand reaching for cupcakes decorated with white frosting and sprinkles on a wooden chopping board.

Vanilla Glazed Cupcakes

These are the best vanilla cupcakes, so easy you will never use a packet mix again. This from scratch recipe will have you making perfect cupcakes every time!
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Course: Baking
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: Vanilla Cupakes, Vanilla Cupcake Recipe, Glazed Cupcakes, Vanilla Glazed Cupcakes, Vanilla Cupcakes with glaze, Vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles,
Servings: 12 Cupcakes
Calories: 166kcal

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Ingredients

Vanilla Cupcakes

  • 2 eggs
  • 185 grams self-raising flour 1 ¼ cups
  • 125 grams butter softened
  • 120 grams caster sugar ½ cup
  • 80 mililitres milk One-third of a cup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Vanilla Glaze

  • 150 grams icing sugar 1 cup
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons milk 22.5 ml
  • 1 Tablepsoon butter (softened) 15 grams
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Sprinkles as many as your heart desires

Instructions

Vanilla Cupcakes

  • Heat your oven to 180 degrees celsius, (160 degrees if using a fan forced oven.)
  • Lightly whisk the eggs.
  • Add all the ingredients including the whisked eggs into a large mixing bowl. Mix on slow until the ingredients are combined.
  • Increase the speed to medium and beat for approximately 2 minutes until the cupcake batter is pale and creamy.
  • Portion into 12 cupcake cases, they should be around two thirds full.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. When cooked the cupcakes will have risen, and be golden in colour and when you insert a skewer into the centre it will come out clean.
  • Cool

Vanilla Glaze

  • Once your cupcakes are cool you can glaze them. The vanilla glaze is simple to make, place all the vanilla glaze ingredients into a bowl and whisk, keep whisking until you have a smooth spreadable glaze.
  • If the glaze is a little thin, add more icing sugar a tablespoon at a time. if the glaze is too thick add more milk 1 teaspoon at a time. Your goal is a spreadable consistency.
  • Use a knife or spatula to spread the vanilla glaze onto the cupcakes, then sprinkle with sprinkles! (The glaze will harden over time, a bit like the glaze you see on glazed doughnuts).

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 73IU | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 0.3mg