Yellow Cupcake Recipe
Skip the boxed mix and make delicious treats from scratch with this Yellow Cupcake Recipe! These yellow cupcakes have a moist and tender crumb. Spread with your favorite chocolate frosting for an easy kid friendly favorite.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened, unsalted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 egg large
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cupcake tin with paper wrappers. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter for two minutes. Add in sugar and vanilla, beat until combined, about 1 minute. Add in eggs and sour cream, beating for about 2 minutes.
- Add in flour, baking powder, and salt, then add buttermilk. Beat until fluffy and blended, about 30 seconds.
- Scoop batter evenly into cupcake tin, about 2/3 full. Bake on the middle rack for about 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients: Letting refrigerated ingredients like eggs and sour cream come to room temperature first, helps incorporate them more easily into the batter.
- Do not overfill cupcake liners: For evenly baked cupcakes, fill liners about 2/3 of the way with batter. This ensures the tops will not puff over the egde, so you'll have a smooth flat top for adding frosting.
- Let cool completely before frosting. Cupcakes that are even slightly warm will make the frosting get soft and runny.
- FROSTING: These cupcakes are topped with our favorite chocolate sour cream frosting. You could also use chocolate buttercream frosting or vanilla frosting if you prefer.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 18 cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 151
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cupcake | |
| Calories | 151kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 106mg | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.