Vanilla Cupcakes

There's nothing nicer than vanilla cupcakes,especially when they're this easy to bake! I loveee making these cupcakes. Especially icing them and getting creative!

Ingredients
110g softened butter
110g caster sugar
2 lightly beaten eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
110g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder (or substitute the baking powder and plain flour for 110g self raising flour)
1-2 tsp milk
For buttercream icing
140b softened butter
280g icing sugar
1-2 tsp milk
a few drops food colouring

Method
1. Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12 muffin tin with paper cases
2.Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs a little at a time and stir in the vanilla extract
3.Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.
4.Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
5.For the buttercream icing, beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
6.Then add the remaining icing sugar with one tablespoon of the milk, adding more milk if necessary, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
7.Add the food colouring and mix until well combined.
8, Spoon icing into a piping bag with a star shaped nozzle and decorate as liked!

                                                             Enjoy!!

Chloe'xo