Birthday Cupcakes - Butterscotch Vanilla

Hooray, another birthday comes around and with it, the opportunity to play with food! This recipe, which yields about 40 butterscotch-vanilla flavoured beauties, will particularly be enjoyed by those who like digging into their cupcakes before they're baked - what a pretty caramel colour the batter is too :)

Pour les petites gateaux:

• plain flour, 4 cups
• white sugar, 2 cups
• brown sugar, 3/4 cup
• butter, 2 3/4 sticks, softened
• eggs, 5
• milk, 1 1/3 cup
• vanilla, 2 tsp
• baking powder, 1 tsp
• baking soda, 1 tsp
• salt, 1 tsp

1. Preheat the oven to 350F, 180C
2. Cream the butter and sugar till pale and fluffy
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, process further
4. In another bowl, sieve together all dry ingredients
5. Add dry ingredients and milk, in small portions, to creamed sugar/butter
6. Use an ice cream scoop to pour batter into paper cupcake liners in baking pan
7. Ensure the cupcake liners are no more than 3/4s full
8. Bake for about 18-20 minutes, till the centre feels firm and looks golden brown
9. Cool and frost as desired
   

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