Print This Recipe

Print
Billy's Vanilla, Vanilla Cupcakes

Billy's Vanilla, Vanilla Cupcakes

A double-dose of vanilla extract -- in the cake and in the buttercream frosting -- gives these cupcakes from famed baker Billy Reece of Billy's Bakery in New York City great vanilla taste that's just the right amount of sweetness (and more than irresistible).

The Martha Stewart Show, May 2006 http://www.marthastewart.com/353205/billys-vanilla-vanilla-cupcakes
3.531335
Rated
70.6267100(394)394
  • Yield Makes about 30 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
    • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
    • 4 large eggs
    • 1 cup whole milk
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • Basic Vanilla Buttercream (http://www.marthastewart.com/255454/billys-vanilla-buttercream)
    • Colored Sprinkles (http://www.marthastewart.com/255455/colored-sprinkles), for decorating, optional
    • Alternate frosting: Billy's Chocolate Buttercream (http://www.marthastewart.com/255456/billys-chocolate-buttercream)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix on low speed until combined. Add butter, mixing until just coated with flour.
  2. In a large glass measuring cup, whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla. With mixer on medium speed, add wet ingredients in 3 parts, scraping down sides of bowl before each addition; beat until ingredients are incorporated but do not overbeat.
  3. Divide batter evenly among liners, filling about 2/3 full. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.
  4. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat process with remaining batter. Once cupcakes have cooled, use a small offset spatula to frost tops of each cupcake. Decorate with sprinkles, if desired. Serve at room temperature.

© 2013 Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. All rights reserved.