Vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing

Ingredients

• 170 g Flour
• 225 g Sugar
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• A pinch salt
• 225g butter (unsalted)
• 2 eggs (large)
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For cream Cheese Frosting :

• 90g Butter
• 125g Confectioners Sugar
• 1 T golden syrup
• 400g Cream Cheese
• 1 t Vanilla

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 180 C degrees.
  Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix on low speed until combined.
  Add butter, mixing until just coated with flour.
• 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 over beat.
• Divide batter evenly among liners, filling about 2/3 full. Bake, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.
  Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Once cupcakes have cooled, use a small offset spatula to frost tops of each cupcake. Decorate with sprinkles, if desired. Serve at room temperature.
• Cream Cheese Icing
  In the bowl of an electric mixer , beat butter,sugar and golden syrup until mixture is lightened in colour and fluffy in texture.
• Add cream cheese and vanilla and mix well.Do not over beat as cream cheese tends to split.