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
Elisa Jones says
I MUST have the oven boxes! LOVE them!
F. nur Kabay says
I really want them. They are so cute for my babys birthday as a gift with delicious cupcakes in it :)♥luck for me!!♥
Wendy Korz says
I’d like to win the happy houses set!
Yach says
I LOVE the oven boxes – so adorable!
Nati says
I love that oven! I went crazy when I saw It over pinterest last week as well.
connie m. says
i would love the retro oven one…i’m planning a baking party for my little daughter!
Yael says
I love the oven boxes the best!
Bruinbr says
Loved the retro ovens so much I already bought it, but I also love the ice cream truck!
Candice says
Love the ovens…!!!
Khandra henderson says
I would love to have the retro set
Jessica B. says
Omg. I actually saw these amazing PDF’s just yesterday! I was about to purchase it but now that there’s this giveaway, I might try my hand in this! I hope I win! 🙂 But If not, I’ll definitely go and buy it anyway. It’s nice to support someone so creative!
Kate Scott says
What a darling blog! I found you through Claudine’s site and glad I did. I have just retired and love to bake so I am thrilled to find you. I think I would like like to win the ovens, my DIL is a great baker and she would love one. Everything at Claudines site is wonderful. So glad you shared with your folks.
Allison D says
I want the ovens – those are sooooo cute! Followed closely by the ice cream truck.
Ale Garza B. says
Bun in the oven! Cutest thing ever!
Ale Garza B. says
Bun in the oven! Cutest thing ever! (Wrote wrong email on previous comment! Oops)
Mirian Norris says
I would love the ice cream truck !!!!!! Love it.
Thank youuuuuuuu
Sara says
So many to choose from but the oven boxes are just absolutely adorable!
Caroline says
I LOVE the oven printable!!
June says
retro oven boxes!!!
Stephanie says
LOVE LOVE the oven boxes!
Zara says
I would love either the cassette tapes or the cupcake.
corinne says
Just fell in love with those retro oven boxes liked her and followed her, but didnt find a commant tag so i will commant here, love her colours and grafic designs.
Montse says
Love the owen boxes!!
Sara says
Que maravilla de cajas para cupcakes!!!
maggi says
I would LOVE to win the Retro Oven Cupcake box!
Laura says
I love the Christmas Train Set!
Mercedes Fernandez says
I love many of her boxes!! I’d love to win either the retro oven cupcake boxes, or the sweet train set, or the christmas village favor boxes, or the halloween tombstone boxes (in that order of preference 😉 )
Mercedes Fernandez says
BTW, I love your cupcake recipe too! Thanks for sharing!
Rai says
I just love the oven set! It’s SUPER cute.
Kirsty says
How about all of them! They’re all so adorable, but the oven ones are just too much. I think they’re my favorite.
Ellenori says
I would love to win the Retro Oven cupcake boxes. Thank you for the opportunity. Love your giveaways.
Lucinda says
I would love to win the Retro Oven cupcake boxes
Priscila Mariscal says
I world love ti win the oven cupcake boxes! And thanksgiving for the recipe!
Michelle Vandergrift says
The oven boxes are so sweet!
Erin Bryce says
I love those oven printables! I saw them on the Etsy pinterest feed the other day and thought they were super cute!
annie says
I would love to win the little retro oven gift boxes. They are beyond adorable!
Vicki R says
The christmas train set!!! I LOVE it!!!
leslie says
I loved the ovens so much! But every single one is too cute, love the Christmas & Halloween houses!
Renuka says
I love so many of them, esp. the retro oven and ice cream truck ones.
Kim says
I must have the adorable ovens!
artemi says
I thimk that everything in her shop is really cute byt I would like the ovens..!!!
Liz says
I’m actually expecting my first child in July & would love the ovens to give out cupcake favours at my shower! So cute 🙂
Ellen M. says
I love the folk art bouquet and of course the ovens! Great shop!
niner bakes // ninerbakes.com says
Absolutely DARLING giveaway and cupcakes, sprinkles, cake stand…love this whole post, sweetie!
Of course I entered myself haha..who knows right.
Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday. Wish me luck, my test will be todayyyy (see what I am doing instead of studying?!) lol
Thanks for sharing this wonderful post.
MUCH LOVE 🙂
niner
niner bakes // ninerbakes.com says
Oh, of course I would like to win these:
ICE CREAM TRUCK and OVENS =)
Sara Cardiff says
I love the cupcake favor boxes. Amazing! Will definitely be purchasing these for my customers.
Sheila Moore says
OMG…I absolutely love the oven and then when I went to the etsy page and saw the cupcake I was really excited. You see I used to play softball and one of my team mates nicknamed me “cupcake”. I do a lot of baking and my parents used to own a bakery when I was growing up. So either the oven or the cupcake would be fine with me.
Lynda Wilson says
I would love to win the retro oven pdfs. It would be a wonderful gift to make for my friends here in Denmark!
Aggi Austin says
The oven boxes are my fave!! I also live the train box!!!
Abbey Rogers says
Love it!!!!!!!!!!