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
Sandra Davis says
Any of them! So cute!
Angelique Davis says
I ADORE those little oven boxes!!!
Isabelle Goyer says
Those lil ovens are so cute!! I am really impressed by the great imagination of people!
Aimee says
I love the retro oven and the cupcake favor boxes. Her site is so cute.
Siddra Usman says
These printable are so adorable…. I would like to hv the printable of oven…
Diana says
The Cupcake Favor Box kit is what I would love to win, adorable! Thank you for this giveaway!
Meg @ Sweet Twist says
Everyone needs a classic vanilla recipe. I love those liners. Where did you get them?
And those cases are adorable.
Carol says
Love the oven boxes!
Maria says
Love these!!!! Ovens, cassettes, and wallets are awesome!!! Super super super cute!!!
Cindy Viehdorfer says
I am loving the ovens for cupcakes
Jenna Bowers says
I would LOVE the little oven cupcake box. That has to be one of the cuties printables I have seen.
Diana says
How could I pick just one? I love the ice cream truck cupcake holder but the retro oven is just about the cutest box EVER!!!
Stephanie says
Digging the blue one!
Super cute in any color though really.
Rosa says
They are all so ridiculously cute! But I’m kinda in love with the retro oven!
Buffi D says
These are so amazing! I would love to win the Retro Oven!
Thank you
Stephanie says
I meant the blue oven 🙂 Whoops! @ Stephanie:
Lauren says
Retro oven cupcake box! SO CUTE!!!
Agnes Lau says
They are really adorable!!!
Trish Shockency says
I love the retro oven!!
Rachael Pollington says
I would love the icecream truck cases! So gorgeous.
Kim I Guzzo says
Would love to get these ovens warmed up & off to good homes! Thank you for sharing, and offering the contest!!
Kim says
The retro oven! TOO CUTE!
Julia Barone says
Love these …. mini oven cupcake boxes
Yadira says
the ovens for sure, Love em!!!!
Kathy Cox says
I love the cupcake oven! It’s adorable. Thank you. I love your site and cookies too!
Cathy says
Love the lil ovens!!!
Dana says
Too Cute!
Angie Mae says
I would love the cupcake boxes!!
The Cookie Lab - Marta Torres says
I Would love the Christmas train set, although all of them are so adorable.
The Party Animal says
I would love those little ovens – saw them last week and shared on my FB – I am in LOVE
Celeste says
I would love to win this oven cupcake box printable. Absolutely adorable!!!
Willow Jones says
The little ovens are the cutest! I would love to win them!
Nicole says
The ice cream truck and the retro oven! So cute!
Amy says
They are all so cute! I love the cupcake box, but I think the oven is my favorite.
Viridiana says
Me encantaria ganar porque es una gran idea para poder regalar no solo a mis seres queridos, sino tambien a mi madre, abuelas y tias!!!
me encantan los diseños que haces!!
Robyn says
I would like to win the ice cream truck – cupcake box, gift favor box, party centerpiece. They are all very cute and thank you for the chance to win and introducing me to claudine hellmuth’s work 🙂
Becky N says
I would love the retro oven box! Too adorable!!
Jodie says
Those boxes are adorable and I can’t wait to try the recipe! thanks Marion!
Dizneeee says
Definitely the retro oven cupcake box pdf! Those are absolutely adorable and creative!
Lisa says
I love the oven box – so many possibilities with this.
LoriN says
I’d like the oven boxes.
Marissa says
The oven boxes are adorable! I want them!!!
Melissa Supak says
These are the cutest! I saw them on pinterest and fell in love as well.
Jan Janek says
Oh, my gosh, those ovens are the cutest things that I have ever seen! I would love one!
Thank you.
Becky says
the retro oven….so cute!!!!
Brenda C. says
Everything in her shop is so darling but I am most in love with those oven cupcake boxes.
Stephanie Velarde says
I would love to have one of the oven cupcake boxes!
Nicole says
The ovens for sure! So cute!
nichola says
So cute!
I just favorited your Shop on Etsy!
Undecided between Retro Oven or Sweet Treat Train!!
Melissa Supak says
@ Melissa Supak:
Oh, and I would like the “I love you” or “Thank you” printable.