An easy-to-make, homemade vanilla cupcake recipe. This recipe is made using items you probably already have in the pantry and the refrigerator, and it makes a perfect dozen cupcakes. This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
Easy Vanilla Cupcakes
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons light brown sugar
- 1 cup + 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt salt
- pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon mayonnaise, room temperature
- 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon hot water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Bakers Extract)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Line a cupcake tin with twelve cupcake liners and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the egg, white sugar and brown sugar, and mix on high speed for 6-8 minutes. Turn mixer off and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
In a medium sized bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Stir until combined. Turn mixer to low and add half of the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture, alternating with the mayonnaise, and continuing until the dry ingredients and mayonnaise have all been added into the mixer. Mix until combined.
Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir in the water and vanilla extract. Stir until ingredients are completely combined and batter is smooth. Fill cupcake liners half full with batter and bake in 350-degree oven for 13-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out without wet batter on it.
Remove baked cupcakes from the oven and as soon as the cupcakes are cool enough to handle, remove the cupcakes from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
Notes
I added two teaspoons of malted milk powder to my cupcakes for extra flavor. Optional, but can be added when mixing the dry ingredients together. Store cupcakes at room temperature in an airtight container.
Frost these cupcakes with my Vanilla Buttercream Frosting!
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