vanilla cupcakes

happy fourth! i usually make barefoot contessa's flag cake but this year was a little more low key so i tried these cupcakes. they're technically "strawberry-lime" cupcakes but i didn't love the frosting enough to blog about it. but if you want a simple, homemade vanilla cupcake this recipe is the one ...

recipe
11/2c flour
11/2tsp baking powder
1/4tsp salt
2eggs, room temperature
2/3c unsalted butter, melted
2tsp vanilla
1/2c milk

preheat oven to 35o degrees. line the muffin tin with cupcake liners. beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until light and foamy, about 2minutes. while beating, gradually pour in the butter and then the vanilla. add half the dry ingredients then the milk, then the rest of the dry ingredients. divide batter evenly in prepared pans. bake for about 30minutes.

this recipe comes from the online food network website under "strawberry-lime" stuffed cupcakes. the vanilla cake bakes faster than 30minutes, i pulled them out at 23minutes and i thought they were a little dry so i would go even less. but other than that an easy recipe for vanilla cake!