Happy Birthday Vanilla Cupcakes

Hi there! So I have to say that these past couple of weeks have been quite a turning point: academically, and personally. My sister is getting married this Saturday and well it's been quite a long ride of flower hunting (peonies are so difficult to find in Texas!!), flower smelling, flower shopping, dress shopping, song playlists at nauseum, and other wedding stuff I had no idea that happened. Now I am in the know ;)

So last post I mentioned I had made 3 dozen cupcakes: 1 red velvet, 1 vanilla, and 1 purple velvet (same recipe as the red velvet I just added 1 small package of purple gel food coloring). For this recipe the buttercream frosting was just that the perfect frosting for this very soft and thick cupcake.

So pretty :)

 Happy Birthday Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2  cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
•   1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick of unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 1/2  teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Place cupcake liners onto muffin pan. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make sure the dry ingredients are well combined. Then add butter, sour cream, egg and egg yolks, and vanilla; mix at a medium speed until it's smooth and fluffy. Now pour each cup a little over half way. Bake for 22 minutes. Cool the cupcakes for 15 minutes until you frost them otherwise the frosting will get all melty.

Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

• 1 stick of unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
• Pink sugar (optional)

Directions
Very simple frosting and oh so fantastic in the mouth! In a large mixing bowl place the butter and powdered sugar and mix at low speed for 5-6 minutes or until it is well combined. Add the vanilla and mix for an additional 3 minutes.

Filling Cupcakes!

Making this many cupcakes was hard work...I may want to reconsider my hypothetical dream of being a baker. But they were sooo good!

Keep baking with love y'all!