Treat your guests with these tasty vanilla bean cupcakes - a perfect baked dessert.
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 2 vanilla beans, each cut in half lengthwise
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
Frosting
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Reserved 1/4 cup milk-vanilla seed mixture

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Scrape vanilla bean seeds into microwavable bowl; add beans to bowl, cover beans with 3/4 cup milk. Microwave on High 1 minute or until mixture boils. Let stand 15 minutes. Remove beans. Add remaining milk to warm milk mixture, stir well. Reserve 1/4 cup milk mixture.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In large bowl, beat 3/4 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, beating after each addition. Beat 2 minutes longer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat 2 minutes longer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture, beating just until blended. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove to cooling racks. Cool completely. in large bowl beat frosting ingredients on low speed until blended, adding 1 tablespoon reserved milk mixture at time. Frost cupcakes.
Nutrition
300
Calories
15g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
39g
Total Carbohydrate
28g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 45%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 24%
- Sodium
- 140mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 50mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 39g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 28g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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