ThermoGourmand Vanilla Cup Cakes
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Recipe type: Cake
 
Delicious cup cakes that are light and fluffy.
Ingredients
  • 100g raw sugar
  • 170g unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 170g buttermilk, or whole milk with a dash of vinegar
  • 3 eggs
  • 215 g self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp bi-carb soda
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 170°C fan forced.
  2. Line a rose gold 12-hole muffin tray with cupcake liners and set aside.
  3. Place 215 g self-raising flour and a ½ tsp baking powder into Thermomix bowl and choose 0.5/Turbo x 3 to aerate.
  4. Set aside in a bowl.
  5. Don't wash bowl. Place 100g raw sugar into mixing bowl and mill 10 sec/speed 8.
  6. Insert butterfly and add 170g soft cubed butter and mix 30 sec/speed 3.5.
  7. Add 1 egg and mix 10 sec/speed 3.5.
  8. Scrape down.
  9. Add second egg and mix 10 sec/speed 3.5.
  10. Scrape down and add third egg. Mix 10 sec/speed 3.5.
  11. Scrape down again and add 170g buttermilk, or whole milk with a dash of vinegar, reserved flour mix and 1 tsp vanilla and blend 30 sec/speed 3.5.
  12. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula and blend 20 sec/speed 3.5. Stir with spatula to ensure all flour is incorporated.
  13. Divide mixture evenly between prepared muffin trays and bake for 18-20 minutes or until cakes bounce back when lightly touched.
  14. Let cakes sit in the tray for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate with buttercream or regular icing.
Notes
If your butter is too hard, leave out the butterfly and mix for 10 sec/speed 3.5 or until it softens. Scrape down and insert the butterfly and continue.
Recipe by ThermoGourmand at http://thermogourmand.com.au/index.php/2022/05/21/thermogourmand-vanilla-cup-cakes/