• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add shortening, milk, and vanilla. Beat for 1 minute on medium speed. Scrape side of bowl with a spatula. Add eggs to the mixture. Beat for 1 minute on medium speed. Scrape bowl again. Beat on high speed for 1 minute 30 seconds until well mixed. Spoon cupcake batter into paper liners until 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pans then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely. Once cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with your favorite frosting recipe or decorate as you desire.
That recipe is for 'Easy Cupcakes', the most basic to cook. There are more recipes such as Chocolate Cupcakes, and it also has a 'Holiday and Celebration' part with festive cupcakes.
Here's some great recipes: White Chocolate Cupcakes: http://brittanytodd.hubpages.com/hub/White-Chocolate-Cupcake-Recipe Oreo Cupcakes: http://brittanytodd.hubpages.com/hub/Cookies-and-Cream-Cupcakes Easy Vanilla Cupcakes: http://brittanytodd.hubpages.com/hub/Simple-and-Easy-Vanilla-Cupcakes They all have links to frosting recipes too! Good luck and I hope this helped.
Cupcake recipes can be found in specialist cupcake recipe books from book shops such as Waterstones and WHSmiths. For those who do not wish to spend cash, recipes can be found online on the BBC website as an example.
There are many gourmet cupcake recipes. You can find them at Brown Eyed Baker, BHG, Southern Living, Cupcake Project, and Woman Day. These all offer a wide variety of gourmet cupcake recipes.
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Some great cupcake recipes can be found online at sites such as FoodNetwork.com, as well as MarthaStewart.com. They offer a variety of simple yet delicious recipes.
A suitable substitute for vanilla bean powder in baking recipes is vanilla extract.
Some of the homemade cupcake recipes can be found at the Food Network website, All Recipes website, Betty's Kitchen on You Tube, or you can try My Cupcake Addiction videos on You Tube for step by step instructions.
Some jumbo cupcake recipes to try are red velvet, chocolate peanut butter, and lemon blueberry.
Many websites offer recipes for cupcakes, especially variations of chocolate cupcakes. All Recipes, Joy Of Baking and Martha Stewart's websites all feature cupcake recipes that look delicious.
A good substitute for vanilla sugar in baking recipes is using vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste. These alternatives will provide a similar vanilla flavor to your baked goods.
Cupcake recipes can be found on food channel websites such as Good Food and the Food Network. They can also be found on baking blogs written by baking enthusiasts.
You can substitute vanilla extract or vanilla paste for vanilla bean powder in recipes.