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Total:: 35 min
Prep:: 15 min
Cook:: 20 min

Yield:: 24 cupcakes

Level:: Easy

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Ingredients

1 3/4 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into cubes
4 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Old Fashioned Frosting, recipe follows

Old-Fashioned Frosting:

2 sticks butter, room temperature
8 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract or other flavoring

Directions

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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside.

Combine in a bowl both flours, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix on low speed until combined for about 3 minutes. Add in cubed butter, mixing until just coated with flour.

Add eggs 1 at a time until combined. Slowly add milk and vanilla to batter until completely mixed scraping down the bowl as you mix.

Scoop batter into baking cups filling about 2/3 full. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.

Cool and decorate with Old Fashioned Frosting.

Old-Fashioned Frosting:

Cream softened butter and add 4 cups sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat with paddle attachment until smooth gradually add the rest of sugar to reach frosting consistency*. (See Cook's Note)

Cook's Note

Add more sugar to get this consistency.

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Name: Old-Fashioned Cupcakes
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H35M0.000S
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups cake flour (not self-rising); 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into cubes; 4 large eggs; 1 cup whole milk; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Old Fashioned Frosting, recipe follows; 2 sticks butter, room temperature; 8 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/2 cup milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or other flavoring