Best Birthday Cupcake Cakes | Vanilla Cake Recipe
Easy recipe for vanilla cupcakes, homemade buttercream frosting and directions for how to make a cute pull apart cupcake cake for the best birthday cakes in town!
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
VANILLA CAKE
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon white vanilla extract
BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
- 1½ cups of soft butter
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3-6 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line muffin cups with cupcake liners.
- Beat butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
- Mix eggs in one at a time.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt, milk and vanilla into the bowl.
- Fill cupcake liners a little more than half way.
- Bake 18-20 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes, before removing from pan.
How to make Butter Cream Frosting
- Whip the the butter in a mixing bowl.
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar about a half a cup at a time. Mix well.
- Add the vanilla.
- Add milk a tablespoon at a time until desired consistency.
- How to Make a Cupcake Cake
- Frost 18-24 cupcakes.
- Place cupcakes in desired shape on a sheet cake board. Use a dab of frosting on the bottom of the cupcakes as glue to hold them to the board.
- Decorate with more frosting as desired to create your pull apart cupcake cake!
Notes
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Calories: 335kcal
Nutrition
Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 505IU | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 0.6mg