vanilla cupcakes

Method

• step 1

  Preheat the oven to 200C, 180 fan oven and gas mark 6. Line a 12 hole cupcake tin with cupcake cases.

• step 2

  Cream together your butter and sugar until combined.

• step 3

  Add in 1 egg and 1/3 of your flour. Repeat this step until you have no eggs or flour left. Mix until it is all combined.

• step 4

  Put an even amount of mixture into the oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

• step 5

  While the cakes are cooling, make the buttercream by: mixing together the butter and icing sugar until combined. If it is not mixing well and is going rough, then add a splash of milk.

• step 6

  Pipe/spread your icing across the cakes. Make sure you get an even layer of buttercream.

• step 7

  Now you can enjoy your cupcake. :)