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
Angel says
Forgot to add, the oven boxes are my choice!!
Felis Gober says
These are just adorable. I would love to win the retro oven printables. So stinkin cute!!
Tina Birkett says
Of couarse, I’d like to win the little oven boxes…they are the cutest thing I have ever seen! I love the little oven mit that goes with them! ADORABLE!!!!!
Joanna says
Gosh I LUUUUVVVEEE the Retro Ovens. They are soooo adorable and will make both kids and adults sooo happy. What a beauty 🙂
Mary Sanavia says
So hard to choose one…I love the happy houses, and the sweets train and of course, the ovens!
Jen says
Thanks for a great giveaway! I would love to win the Retro Oven PDF, please.
Annette says
I would love the ovens, definitely my style!!!!
Camille says
Seriously…just one?!?! Oh man, that is tough! I think I want the ice cream truck cupcake boxes.
lindsay fekitoa says
I love the ice cream truck!
Lydia M says
The ice cream truck. Too cute
Annette S says
I would love to win either the oven or the ice cream truck cupcake boxes, they are just too cute!
cynthia rathunde says
I love the retro ovens.
Cris Kellert says
I love the oven box.!!
Andrea says
I would LOVE to win the little retro oven template! Ahh im super excited just thinking about putting my cupcakes in there. Super cute.
Kateryna says
I would love to get the retro oven boxes for sure!
Melissa says
all of them look so good!! it’s a hard decision but I would love to have the Retro Oven. Thanks 😉
Jenny says
So cute, love the oven boxes!
Mary Ann Schumm says
Those little oven cupcake holders are the cutest. Love to win those!!!
Helga says
Adorable cupcakes! I would love the oven printable, it’s so cute!
Linda says
Love the ovens!!! Hope to win!
Bungalowgirl says
Those little retro ovens are the cutest things I’ve ever seen! And the oven mitt gift tags? Sheer brilliance! Absolutely adorable!
Reem Al Housaini says
I love the oven boxes
They look so cute
Angel Chambers says
I’d love those darling oven boxes!!! All her stuff is sooo stinkin cute!!!
Audrey Ker says
I would love the oven boxes…so cute I could DIE! 😛
Nancy G says
Oh so so cute, love them all. I would love to win either the oven or the cupcake box.
christina kubon says
her whole shop is cute but I must say the ones I want the most are the little ovens!
Pam says
It’s a hard choice but I think I like the retro ovens the best!
Jenette says
love love love the retro ovens!
Abby Halvorson says
They are all so adorable! I really like the cupcake box though and the Popsicle box. Thanks for the chance to win!
Jennifer Gonzalez says
Think the oven boxes are perfect!
Elisa Gonzales says
Would love to win the awesomely cute retro oven gift box PDF printable!!!!
Holly Johnson says
Ovens for sure!
Kristen G. says
I would love the printable ovens, they’ll be perfect fot my housewarming gifts.
DeKoekboetiek says
Love the christmas train set and oven boxes…
Would love to win the train set so we can make matching cookies!
Christina says
The ovens are absolutely adorable! Love the little houses too …all amazing …
Samantha Maitland says
Would love to win the Cupcake Favor box kit!
Ana says
Ovens please.
Esther Slootweg says
I Love the oven gift box
Victoria says
Very nifty =)
robin hryciuk says
I pinned the oven boxes a few days ago – absolutely in love with them!!!
Sirika Abshire says
Def the oven boxes! Perfect for cupcakes
Shumaila says
The oven gift box is great but I like them all!!
Mardi says
The ovens are adorable, I would love to win those please. What a creative lady.
Katy says
Omg the ovens are so cute, I would definitely want to win those!
Marion Pratt says
I would love the Retro Oven pdf.
Cindy Coury-Broadhurst says
Saw these on Pinterest, love them!!
Michelle Moore says
These are soooo cute!
Michelle Moore says
I want to win the oven printable!
Kari VanNoy says
It’s gotta be those retro ovens! Love them!
Michelle says
SUper cute!! WOuld love to win those!!xo