Back in the Day Bakery Old Fashioned Cupcakes

Old-Fashioned Cupcakes

Recipe courtesy Cheryl Day, The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook
Back in the Day Bakery, Savannah, Gerogia

Serves: 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

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Cool and decorate with Old Fashioned Frosting.

Old-Fashioned Frosting:

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

Old-Fashioned Cupcakes on the Food Network