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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Aug 8, 2011
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The sky's the limit as to what you can add to yellow cupcakes to enhance them! Try adding chocolate chips or your favorite nuts. Make it your way with the variation below.

Yellow Cupcakes

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 1 hr 15 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2/3 cup milk
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups, grease bottoms and sides of muffin cups with shortening and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  • Step 
    3
    In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping bowl occasionally. Beat 2 minutes longer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third at a time, and milk, about half at a time, beating just until blended.
  • Step 
    4
    Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each with about 3 tablespoons batter or until about two-thirds full.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans; place on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Frost with desired frosting.

Nutrition

170 Calories
9g Total Fat
2g Protein
20g Total Carbohydrate
11g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
Calories
170
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
13%
Saturated Fat
5g
26%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
45mg
16%
Sodium
190mg
8%
Potassium
35mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
20g
7%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
11g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 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; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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