Tasty Tuesday: Old Fashioned Cupcakes

Today's Tasty Tuesday is focusing on desert. Everyone loves desert after a big evening meal. So, why not relax and dine in on some "Old Fashioned Cupcakes" The Food Network Channel provided on their website. I rarely have a greedy sweet tooth, but when I do it's always aiming for good ol' cupcakes. Right now I'm watching my weight and dieting so I won't be trying these cupcakes pretty much for a month or two. I enjoy eating the already powdered cupcakes in a box, but you have to admit, there's nothing like good ol' homemade baked sweets. I choose the cupcakes because I though you'd might love them too and want to bake them. Read after the jump for the ingredients, & instructions on how to make these delicious "Old Fashioned Cupcakes". A big THANK YOU to our friends at the Food Network Channel for putting this recipe up online.

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  Cook Time:

  20 min
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  Level:

  Easy
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  Yield:

  24 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
• 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Old Fashioned Frosting, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside.

Combine in a bowl both flours, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix on low speed until combined for about 3 minutes. Add in cubed butter, mixing until just coated with flour.

Add eggs 1 at a time until combined. Slowly add milk and vanilla to batter until completely mixed scraping down the bowl as you mix.

Scoop batter into baking cups filling about 2/3 full. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.

Cool and decorate with Old Fashioned Frosting.

Old-Fashioned Frosting:

• 2 sticks butter, room temperature
• 8 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or other flavoring

Cream softened butter and add 4 cups sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat with paddle attachment until smooth gradually add the rest of sugar to reach frosting consistency*.

*Cook's Note: Add more sugar to get this consistency.

Webpage:Old Fashioned Cupcakes