Well happy May!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted (thanks to my web designer, Arthur, for creating an adorable, illustrated liquid measure conversions, the other day), as making sweets and photographing them is a little challenging during our home renovation, but I managed to borrow my sweet friend Kim’s kitchen (Thank you Kim!), to do some recipe testing and make rainbow-happy cupcakes, inspired by this mail from The TomKat Studio.
These moist, fluffy, golden-delicious, vanilla cupcakes, a recipe I’ve been toying around with for a while, are finally ready to share, and I hope you like them too.
Besides the recipe below, I’ve got some more treats for you today, so scroll down for a little surprise!
Golden Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe
Golden Vanilla Dream Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
- In a mixer bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy (a few minutes).
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Stir dry mixture into wet (butter) mixture alternately with buttermilk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 3 of buttermilk.
- Using an ice cream scoop or 1/4 cup measurer, scoop batter into a muffin tin lined with cupcake liners.
- Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes, until cake tester (toothpicks or skewers work well too), inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Let cool in muffin tins for about 5 minutes, then remove and let cool completely before adding icing.
Notes
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Decorating the Cupcakes
The frosting recipe I used can be found here.
If you’d like a how-to on icing these cupcakes, here’s a video for you:
The confetti sprinkles I found at a local store, Bulk Barn, but I also found them online here. A little secret for you… I took the time to take out all the purple and orange sprinkles with my decorating tweezers. (Yes, I really did. I know). It actually only took me about 10 minutes for this many sprinkles:
And I didn’t end up needing that many for 24 cupcakes. Just really wanted to match the stripes on the cute carnival cupcake cups and favor boxes.
And now, a little giveaway fun to share with you…
Oven Printables by Claudine Hellmuth {Giveaway!} CLOSED!
A few days ago I came across these printables on Pinterest and was instantly smitten.
Little gift boxes in the shape of ovens – perfect for holding cupcakes, gift cards or anything you’d like to fit inside as a present!
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen these photos already. It’s an instant downloadable pdf created by the talented Claudine Hellmuth. You can find her here on Etsy and on her website here. I think you understand just how charmed I was by the printables by your response to the ovens on Facebook and Pinterest!
There are even little tags with sayings like, “Bun in the Oven”, “I love you” and “Hello neighbour”. Hello, cute housewarming gift!
And eep! Cute little oven mitt gift tags!
(Mom, I haven’t seen you since I’ve made these yet, but here’s the one you’ll be getting).
So as a little treat for you, to thank you for visiting me here, I’m so excited to be giving away three pdf copies of the Oven Printable or Printable of your choice from Ms. Hellmuth’s shop. (Thank you, Claudine!).
Claudine has also kindly extended a coupon code to you if you’d like to shop there from now until May 22nd, 10% off with Coupon Code SOSWEET
GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!!
Thank you so much for entering! Such a fun giveaway!
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Entry 824 – Tiarna Coops
- Entry 1348 – Jane Nguyen
- Entry 595 – Lynda Wilson
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How to Enter – CONTEST CLOSED!
Enter the giveaway in the Rafflecopter box below.
The only mandatory (required) item is the first one – leaving a comment on this blog post letting me know which Printable in Claudine’s shop you’d like to win. (Make sure you check that off in the Rafflecopter box). The other entries are just more opportunities to win. Chose the social media option(s) you like!
You do not need to use Facebook to use Rafflecopter, an email is fine. Your email will not be shared with anyone.
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Giveaway Details – CLOSED!
Details can be found in the Rafflecopter widget, but I thought I’d share them with you here as well:
No purchase necessary to win.This contest is International as the prize is a downloadable PDF file.The winners will be chosen randomly at www.random.org.Winners will be contacted on Saturday, May 18th, 2013, and announced in this blog post once contact has been made.Leave all your comment entries here, not on Facebook.Please read all contest entry details in the Rafflecopter widget below.You do not need to use Facebook to use Rafflecopter, an email is fine. Your email will not be shared with anyone.
Good luck!
xo,
Marian
charla says
Love the oven boxes…wouldn’t they be cute for a house warming?
jennifer Simmons says
the ovens are the cutest things ever. I would love them!
Stephanie Belleque says
The oven boxes!!
Corrie says
Love love the ovens, followed very close by the ice pops. This is a pretty sweet giveaway! Thanks to both of you!
Jeannine DiBart says
I would love the cupcake favor box kit! I love it!
Amy C. says
They’re all cute but the ovens are adorable!
katherine c says
I love the oven cupcake boxes!
Elicia says
Oh man, I have been drooling over these little oven cuties since I saw that you posted them on FB the other day!! It would be a dream come true to win this!
Wendy Darling says
I’d love the little retro oven boxes. They are all so cute though. 🙂
Holly Ann says
I LOVE the oven boxes! I want them to announce my pregnancy to all my friends and family……”bun in the oven!” I think they are too adorable!!!!
Monica Miller says
The retro oven boxes! They are too cute!
mercedes says
These oven boxes are gorgeous! I’d love to have them!
Lorraine Burnett says
The ovens are just so cute. I must have them!
Leanna Chidest says
Love the retro ovens and that is what I would pick, but the cute little houses come in a close second:)
Saadhana Parthiban says
This is so cute.. Like everyone else, let me hope too for these adorable printables.
Brisja says
I would love to have the oven cupcake boxes! So sweet!
Robin Meibaum says
I would love to win the adorable oven boxes!
Lyndsay Wood says
I would love to win the retro oven cupcake boxes, they are so awesome.
Saadhana Parthiban says
& oops, I forgot to choose 🙂 The cupcake favor box kit would be my choice if i win.. Too cute..
Sharon says
I love them all! But, I guess I would say my favorite is the cven:-)
Lindsay says
I am in love with the oven boxes!! I hope I win because they are so adorable 😀 never seen anything like them! <3
chonte says
oh i need those ovens!!
Joey says
The oven boxes are too cute for words! Totally adorable!
fran says
The oven boxes are so cute.
Carla H. says
As much as I love the different cupcake holders she offers, I would actually want the wallet or cassette tape gift card holders! So cute!
Elane Holloway says
I think her oven boxes are just adorable, thanks for the chance to win.
later tater,
laney
Debbie Fabre says
Love the ven boxes!
Beth Beazley says
The oven boxes are absolutely adorable!!
Cathy says
How cute – I love the cupcake favor boxes!!
Claudia Rivera says
I like the oven cupcake boxe they are so cute!
Lori Pelfrey says
Oh my word those ovens!!!! Soooooo cute!!!
Robin says
I like the Happy Houses! So much potential!
Suzanne B says
The oven boxes are so doggone cute! I could go crazy with those. I may have to invest in the paper doll set. I could make some cute sets for the girls for Christmas.
carly says
would love to have those oven boxes
Crystal Lai says
The oven printable is so cute! I would love to be in the drae yo win them 🙂
Crystal Lai says
The oven printable is so cute! I would love to be in the draw to win them 🙂
Novi says
I would love the retro oven cupcake boxes please… 🙂
Claudine Hellmuth says
Thank you so much Marian for posting about my cupcake boxes!! Your photos look fabulous!! Thank you everyone for all the super sweet comments!! I so appreciate it!!
sandie says
the retro oven for sure!!
Misty Buchanan says
Absolutely adorable!
Amy | Amy's Cooking Adventures says
The Retro Oven Cupcake Boxes are so so so cute! Those are totally what I’d choose (I do love that church, too though!)
Valere says
I love, love, love the ovens! So cute! 🙂
April Kofler says
Oh my it is so hard to choose..either the icepop. ice cream truck or the oven so cute
Shakara says
Definitely the fabulous retro oven cupcake boxes!
Lisa says
Love the oven boxes!
casi wilson says
Ridiculously CUTE!!!
Yen O says
I would love the oven boxes!
Jocelyn M. Orieux says
Man does she ever have loads of neat things on her site. Love the train cup cake holder. Would be fun to make that for my nephews birthday party.
Angel says
How cute!!
Laurie says
The retro oven boxes are the cutest!!