Vanilla Glazed Cupcakes

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

4.82 from 11 votes

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!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

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: Cupcakes

Calories: 166kcal

Author: Stacey

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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