Cupcake Cafe Vanilla Cake Recipes

CUPCAKE CAFE VANILLA CAKE

Steps:

• Butter or spray two 8 or 9 inch cake pans and line the bottom with parchment. Preheat the oven to 350.
• Cream butter and sugar together; beat in yolks; add vanilla and set aside.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Beat egg whites to soft peaks.
• Mix dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately (in three increments starting with the dry ingredients) into the egg/butter mixture - do not overbeat.
• Fold in the egg whites.
• Fill pans about 2/3 full and bake for about 35-40 minutes until a tester comes out clean - cakes should feel slightly springy when pressed in the middle.

CUPCAKE CAFE VANILLA BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar with 1 cup water; cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until it registers 236 degrees (soft ball stage) on a candy thermometer. Brush down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystallization.
• Blend eggs in a blender jar. With machine running, very slowly add hot sugar syrup until combined, being careful to not scramble the eggs. Let cool to room temperature.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Gradually add syrup mixture until incorporated. Add vanilla, and beat until desired consistency.

PULL-APART VANILLA-WAFER CUPCAKE CAKE WITH BERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners. Whisk together cookie crumbs, flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Beat butter with granulated sugar on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating until combined after each addition. Fold in coconut.
• Divide batter among cups. Bake until cupcakes are golden brown and centers bounce back when gently pressed, 22 to 24 minutes. Let cool completely in tin on a wire rack.
• Add 2 tablespoons water to a small saucepan. Sprinkle with gelatin; let stand until thick, about 5 minutes. Gently heat over medium until gelatin has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool 5 minutes (but don't let it set).
• Beat together cream, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla on medium speed until very soft peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes. Add gelatin mixture; beat on medium until stiff peaks form, about 1 minute more.
• Remove cupcakes from tin and arrange on a platter in a three-by-four rectangle. Spoon frosting over each row of cupcakes; using an offset spatula, smooth to cover tops, forming a rectangular shape. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours. Sprinkle with berries before serving.

VANILLA CUPCAKES FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into a bowl. Whisk milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
• Beat sugar, butter, and shortening together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in flour mixture. Add milk mixture and beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to high and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. Fill the prepared muffin cups 1/2 full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

CUPCAKE CAFE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Butter two 10-inch round layer cake pans and dust them with cocoa.
• Or butter and line with parchment.
• Preheat the oven to 350° F.
• Cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, then melt the chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water and allow it to cool.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cocoa.
• Add the vanilla to the buttermilk.
• Add the cooled melted chocolate to the eggs and butter.
• Then alternately mix in the dry ingredients and the buttermilk.
• Fill your pans about half full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven about 40 to 45 minutes.
• Insert a straw or cake tester into the centers of layers.
• If it comes out clean (i. e., without any batter sticking to it) the cake is done and should be removed from the oven.
• The cakes can also be tested for doneness by pressing on them gently in the center.
• If they have a slightly springy feel, they are ready to come out.
• Cool and frost as desired.

ONE-BOWL VANILLA CUPCAKES FOR TWO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 cups in a muffin pan with paper liners.
• Whisk egg white and sugar together in a bowl; stir in melted butter and vanilla extract until smooth. Add flour, baking powder, and salt and mix well. Add milk and mix until smooth. Divide batter equally between 2 prepared cups in muffin pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until cake is set, 10 to 12 minutes.