Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
My 3-year-old son loves these! Flecks of vanilla bean in the moist, tender cupcakes gives them special-occasion status. —Alysha Braun, St. Catharines, Ontario
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 vanilla beans
- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup 2% milk
- FROSTING:
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- Assorted candies and coarse sugar
Reviews
Delicious cupcakes! Vanilla cupcakes are my favorite, and this recipe is definitely a keeper. The cream cheese frosting was delicious.
This was ok. I put the cupcakes in the oven for 17 minutes and my son said it looked and tasted like vanilla corn bread. Not sure why it wasn’t moist. The icing is very good and overall it was an ok recipe, just don’t really think the cost of 2 vanilla beans at $20 for them will as worth it. Next time I’ll buy vanilla cake mix and make the icing.
These cupcakes are delicious! These cupcakes are easy! I have been trying different vanilla cupcake recipes for years now since it became my daughters favorite. This is by far the best one yet. So easy, my 7 yr old can make it. I just cut the vanilla bean and put it in the oven. Yay! Thanks so much. Oh, and the frosting is great too!
This recipe was very easy to make. My family loved the icing so doubled the ingredients for the frosting. Very delicious!!