Vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing

Name: Vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: En
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; 90g Butter; 125g Confectioners Sugar; 1 T golden syrup; 400g Cream Cheese; 1 t Vanilla

Dessert

Easy

35 min

Versatile Vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time20 min

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.