Spice Cupcakes
Ingredients
Ingredients To Be Creamed and Mixed:
- 12 tablespoons, softened (1½ sticks) butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup white sugar
Eggs and Vanilla:
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Dry Ingredients:
- 2⅓ cups flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter add ¼ teaspoon salt)
Moist Ingredients:
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350°.
- Have ready 2 standard muffin tins lined with cupcake papers.
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- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy; about 1 minute.
- Add sugars and beat on high speed until lightened in color and texture; 2 to 4 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time; beating for 30 seconds on medium-high speed with each addition.
- Add vanilla and mix in.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.
- Add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the buttermilk in 2 parts to the butter and egg mixture. Beat on low speed until smooth and scrape down sides of bowl as necessary.
- Beat the batter on medium-high speed for 2 minutes.
- Spoon or ladle batter into cupcake liners so they are approximately ⅔ full.
- Batter should fill approximately 18 to 20 cupcake liners.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean.
- Cool completely on a rack before frosting.
Comments
Recipe makes approximately 18 to 20 cupcakes.Frost with buttercream frosting or cream cheese frosting.