My First Simple Vanilla Cupcakes

These were really a try out batch. I wanted to see if i had skills before even learning a few things.

I searched online for a basic vanilla cupcake recipe and upgraded it to what I felt was the best.

For this recipe I just used some vanilla extract, but for my other different flavored cupcakes I mostly use different extract and to make it interesting I also add some food coloring to the mix. 

I use one basic recipe for making my cupcakes... The only recipe I have different is for my red velvet cakes.




For the icing, I made some vanilla butter cream using; milk, powdered sugar, shortening and vanilla extract. I added some food coloring to make it pink. 

When i first started I didn't have any baking of decorating stuff, so i just got a plastic baggy (Ziploc bag). I added the frosting to the bag and squeezed the frosting to one side. after cutting a piece at the corner I was able to frost these cupcakes with a nice big swirl.

To top it all off I just got some store bought sprinkles and sprinkled them on there.


These were really some simple yet delicious cupcakes <3