INGREDIENTS

For the cupcakes

(Makes 12 - 14 cupcakes)

180g (1½ sticks) Melted butter

150g (¾ cup) Sugar

2 Large eggs

230g (1½ cup) All-purpose flour

200g (¾ cup) Milk

3 tsp Baking powder

1 tbsp Vanilla extract

¼ tsp salt

Sprinkles, if desired

For the frosting

220g (2 sticks) Soft butter

220g (1¾ cup) Powdered sugar

¼ tsp Salt

2 tsp Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare you cupcake pan and preheat your oven

Line a your cupcake pan with cupcake liners. This recipe makes 12-14 large vanilla cupcakes.

Preheat your oven to 320°F (160°C).

Make the cupcake batter

Add the following ingredients to a blender in this EXACT order:

• Milk

• Melted butter

• 2 eggs

• Vanilla extract

• Sugar

• All-purpose flour

• Baking powder

• Pinch of salt

Blend on medium/high for just a few seconds (Please watch the video for visuals). It's important you don't blend but pulse the batter! So pulse for 2 to 3 seconds, stop, pulse again. Don't pulse more than 4 times. In total, blend for 8 to 10 seconds tops!

Your flour mixture most probably won't be fully combined with the batter, so unplug your blender and take a spatula and finish mixing it by hand (see video). Remember to scrape the bottom and sides of your blender jug.

Bake the cupcakes

Pour the batter directly in the prepared cupcake pan and bake the cupcakes at  320°F (160°C) for 20 - 22 minutes.  As usual do the toothpick test, if there's no wet crumbs your cupcakes are ready. Don't overbake!

Allow the cupcakes to cool for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Make the buttercream frosting

Combine the softened butter, powder sugar and vanilla. Mix on medium high until well combined.

Frost the cupcakes

Once the vanilla cupcakes are cool, frost and top with sprinkles.

Tips

If you’re using a high powered blender, blend on medium and make sure to not over mix your blender. As soon as the ingredients combine, stop blending! It should take in total 10 - 15 seconds, tops.

For safety reasons, remember to ALWAYS UNPLUG your blender before touching the inside of the blender.