Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cupcake Recipes Yellow Butter Cupcakes 3.4 (200) 4 Reviews By Martha Stewart Editors Martha Stewart Editors Facebook Instagram Twitter Website An article attributed to "Martha Stewart Editors" indicates when several writers and editors have contributed to an article over the years. These collaborations allow us to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available.The Martha Stewart team aims to teach and inspire readers daily with tested-until-perfected recipes, creative DIY projects, and elevated home and entertaining ideas. They are experts in their fields who research, create, and test the best ways to help readers design the life they want. The joy is in the doing. Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 16, 2019 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 36 Classic yellow butter cupcakes got perfectly with a variety of frostings -- from Chocolate Ganache Glazes to our classic Seven-Minute Frosting. Ingredients 3 cups cake flour, (not self-rising), sifted 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons coarse salt ¾ teaspoon baking soda 9 ounces (2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened 2 ¼ cups sugar 5 large eggs plus 3 large yolks, room temperature 2 cups buttermilk, room temperature 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Reduce speed to low. Mix remaining wet ingredients in a bowl. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with wet ingredients and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each full. Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks. Cook's Notes Cupcakes will keep, covered, for up to 3 days. Print