I do a lot of recipe tutorials so I'm going back to basics on what I know best - cupcakes!
To make 12 vanilla cupcakes, you will need:
6 oz self raising flour
6 oz unsalted butter
6 oz sugar
3 eggs
A few drops of vanilla essence
I've said before that it is easiest if you have an electric mixer but not everyone will!
Preheat the oven to 160C, it needs to be lower or the cakes will burn on top and not cook.
Using a handheld whisk, beat the butter and sugar together, at this stage you need to trap in lots of air as this will help the cake to rise, and make it light and fluffy (technical terms here...).
Then you need to whisk in the egg followed by folding in the flour and vanilla essence.
Now at this stage it is crucial to be very careful when you fold in the flour because if you are too harsh then you will knock all of the air out and be left with pancakes.
By now the oven should have warmed up nicely, so spoon the cake mixture into cupcake cases and pop in the oven.
I will often stay in the kitchen and watch them like a hawk to get them perfectly right. It should take around 20 minutes.
Transfer them to a cooling rack and decorate in any way you wish! Here are a few ideas to get you going
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