Perfect White Cupcakes

Name: Perfect White Cupcakes
Prep time: 3 h 13 min
Cook time: 3 h 13 min
Yield: 12 serving
Ingredients: 1 cup cake flour; ½ cup whole milk; 3 large egg whites; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¾ cup granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 5 tablespoons unsalted butter; pink food gel coloring

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Prep Time
3 hrs 13 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs 13 mins
Servings
12
Course
Dessert

Perfect White Cupcakes

Xyla Fletcher

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One of our very favorite cupcake recipes and so... easy!

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Ingredients

Servings

1 cup cake flour
½ cup whole milk at room temperature
3 large egg whites at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter softened, but still cool
pink food gel coloring if desired

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Line twelve standard size cupcake cups with paper liners. I really love the greaseproof liners you can find at many stores these days. They stay bright and pretty, even after baking.
Lightly whisk milk, egg whites, and vanilla extract in large glass measuring cup.
Mix cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of an electric stand mixer and add butter; beating at low speed until mixture resembles moist crumbs, with no large clumps of flour.
Add ¾ of the milk mixture to the crumbs and beat at medium speed (or high speed if using a handheld mixer) for 1-½ minutes. Add remaining milk mixture and beat 30 seconds more. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for 20 seconds longer at low speed. Add a tiny bit of gel food coloring. Add more if needed to achieve desired hue.
Evenly distribute the batter in the cupcake tins, filling the cups no more than ⅔ full. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove the cupcakes from the pan carefully and let them cool completely on a wire rack.
Frost with Best-Ever Cream Cheese Icing (recipe below). To swirl with the rose technique, use a Wilton 2D tip. Here is a wonderful tutorial for the swirling technique.