🧁Fast & Delicious Plain Jane Cupcakes

Just in time for Easter Celebrations ✝️

Who doesn’t love a cupcake?

This recipe represents my transition from a self-imposed mom failure to acclaimed success (from my kids) as a cupcake baker.

Recipe Story for Plain Jane Cupcakes

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Cupcakes are ready in the freezer for adults and kids alike for our annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Good for:

Any celebration! Theme them with sprinkles.

Good for you:

Well, they are cupcakes :) but homemade is always better than purchased in both size and ingredients. These contain healthy fat, milk, and an egg. So there is a little goodness in there.

Plain Jane Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2/3 cup milk (or coconut milk, if needed)

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil (I use canola oil)

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 egg

Method:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.

• Line 12 muffin tins with paper cups or grease well.

• In a stand mixer bowl, add all ingredients.

• Blend on low speed until mixed. Beat one minute.

• Use an ice cream scoop to fill paper cups 2/3 full.

• Bake 15-20 minutes until tops spring back to a light touch or a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

• Cool completely before icing. Add sprinkles immediately after frosting so they will stick.

Easter mini cupcakes with edible grass and sprinkles.

Prefer mini-cupcakes or a vanilla cake? This recipe will yield enough for 24-30 mini-cupcakes (bake at 350F for 10 minutes) or an 8x8 cake pan (bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes).

Kitchen Tip:

These freeze nicely, frosted or plain so can be prepared ahead.

Nutrition Tip:

When you eat well most of the time, eating a non-nutritious food such as a cupcake, does not undo the goodness of all the healthy food you do eat. But can form a happy family memory around food. Give yourself permission to have a cupcake and enjoy it without guilt and without making up for it.

Have you found success making cupcakes and have some tips for us?

Or have a happy cupcake memory to share? Come check out what happened when my 19-year-old walked through our kitchen while I was decorating cupcakes last weekend.

And what is the difference between icing and frosting? I need enlightenment!

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Bring a friend, there’s always room for one more,

Jane