I like cupcakes. No but I really like cupcakes. Unlike my husband, I like cupcakes that come in all flavors. I don’t discriminate. Give me a cupcake in any flavor and i’ll be glad to have it. Especially gourmet flavors like vanilla bean. Not just plain old vanilla! Today, i’m bringing you something so simple with just a little ‘va va va vooooom’. That’s a technical term right there. Like my confetti funfetti cupcake recipe, today’s cupcake recipes comes from a really simple homemade batter. I used vanilla bean paste in todays recipe to achieve that gourmet – Magnolia bakery flavor. If you don’t have vanilla bean paste on hand, you can scrape out that the seeds from a vanilla bean and use 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract along with it. Today’s easy cupcakes are sweetened with granulated sugar and are moist and soft from unsalted butter. The vanilla bean paste leaves these cupcakes with the perfect vanilla flavor. These vanilla bean cupcakes take 5 minutes of prep time and 20 minutes of baking for 24 perfect cupcakes is anything but sacrifice. After the cupcakes cool, top with fresh vanilla meringue frosting. You can also top these cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, or even strawberry buttercream! The frosting possibilities for a vanilla cupcake are endless! All it takes is some softened butter, powdered sugar, meringue powder, a small splash of milk, vanilla extract, and vanilla extract. I pipe my frosting with a Wilton 1M piping tip. These cupcakes were tested on over 50 people. And let me tell you, I heard no complains! Recipe approved.
cupcake recipe slightly adapted from: Magnolias Bakery
