Makes 9 cupcakes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 big egg, or 1 1/2 small
1 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare paper-lined muffin cups.
Mix flour, salt, baking soda and powder in a bowl and keep aside. (I used 1 cup whole wheat flour and rest all purpose, the flavor didn't change a bit and the moisture was still just right!!)
Cream together softened butter and sugar in a second mixing bowl. Add egg, vanilla and mix well.
Start adding alternatively dry ingredients and yogurt half cup at a time.
The batter will be thick.
Now separate the batter in 4 different bowls and add desired color in each one. Mix well for the color to blend in with the batter.
Now pour little from each color batter in the muffin cups. You can follow same pattern or make different ones.
Bake for 20-25 mins.
Let them cool down completely. Decorate with frosting. You can use store bought frosting or make your own. I find the butter frosting fast and easy to make. You can add some color to it as well, or different essence.
Butter Frosting:
3 tablespoons butter
2 1/4 cups confectioners sugar
1 table spoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream sugar and softened butter. Add vanilla and milk. Mix well. Decorate the cupcakes :)
This amount of frosting will be enough to partly cover the cupcakes. If you want you can double all and make more frosting to have a bigger layer on top of the cupcake. If leftover, it can be stored in the fridge for some time.
In case you use too much liquid food coloring to achieve desired color be careful not to make the frosting too watery and omit the milk or add a table spoon or two confectioners sugar.
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TIPS:
This is a basic recipe for yellow cupcakes. You can add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and add 2 tablespoons strong coffee to have a chocolate cupcakes. Or have the batter as it is and separate in 2. One half leave white and the other mix with 1 or 2 table spoons cocoa powder to have a brown mix. Pour white and then brown batter in the middle of the cupcake to have marble like cupcakes.
Change the vanilla with rum, almond, coconut extract and top the cupcakes with frosting and chopped nuts, for almond extract, coconut flakes for coconut extract, or a cherry to go with the rum flavor. ...or make your own combination !!!
Enjoy
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 big egg, or 1 1/2 small
1 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare paper-lined muffin cups.
Mix flour, salt, baking soda and powder in a bowl and keep aside. (I used 1 cup whole wheat flour and rest all purpose, the flavor didn't change a bit and the moisture was still just right!!)
Cream together softened butter and sugar in a second mixing bowl. Add egg, vanilla and mix well.
Start adding alternatively dry ingredients and yogurt half cup at a time.
The batter will be thick.
Now separate the batter in 4 different bowls and add desired color in each one. Mix well for the color to blend in with the batter.
Now pour little from each color batter in the muffin cups. You can follow same pattern or make different ones.
Bake for 20-25 mins.
Let them cool down completely. Decorate with frosting. You can use store bought frosting or make your own. I find the butter frosting fast and easy to make. You can add some color to it as well, or different essence.
Butter Frosting:
3 tablespoons butter
2 1/4 cups confectioners sugar
1 table spoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream sugar and softened butter. Add vanilla and milk. Mix well. Decorate the cupcakes :)
This amount of frosting will be enough to partly cover the cupcakes. If you want you can double all and make more frosting to have a bigger layer on top of the cupcake. If leftover, it can be stored in the fridge for some time.
In case you use too much liquid food coloring to achieve desired color be careful not to make the frosting too watery and omit the milk or add a table spoon or two confectioners sugar.
*********************************************************************
TIPS:
This is a basic recipe for yellow cupcakes. You can add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and add 2 tablespoons strong coffee to have a chocolate cupcakes. Or have the batter as it is and separate in 2. One half leave white and the other mix with 1 or 2 table spoons cocoa powder to have a brown mix. Pour white and then brown batter in the middle of the cupcake to have marble like cupcakes.
Change the vanilla with rum, almond, coconut extract and top the cupcakes with frosting and chopped nuts, for almond extract, coconut flakes for coconut extract, or a cherry to go with the rum flavor. ...or make your own combination !!!
Enjoy
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