Mom's Classic Cupcakes Recipe

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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
1226
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • milk , as needed

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Beat thoroughly eggs, oil, and sugar, until light and bubbly.*.
  3. In a seperate bowl, sift flour and baking powder.
  4. Add to the eggs, alternating with the milk.
  5. Stir only until texture is smooth, as little as possible.
  6. If you wish, this is the time to add chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, or whatever.
  7. Pour into paper-lined muffin pan.
  8. Bake 20-25 minutes, until cupcakes are golden & a toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Cool before frosting.
  10. Icing:.
  11. Whip the icing sugar, butter, vanilla & add only enough milk for the icing to be smooth.
  12. Optional:.
  13. In cupcake batter, you can add spices, flavourings, your can include chocolate chips and/or raisins and/or cocoa and/or coconut, etc. etc.
  14. To the icing, you can add cocoa and/or mint, almond, orange extracts (or any other kind) to taste.
  15. You can also add food colouring to the vanilla icing.
  16. Dip the top of frosted cupcakes into shaved chocolate, sprinkles, roasted coconut, candy, spices etc. etc.
  17. Let your kids go wild!
  18. *The more you beat the eggs & sugar mix, the fluffier the cake will be.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1226.13 Kcal (5134 kJ)
Calories from fat 431.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 47.94g 74%
Cholesterol 113.26mg 38%
Sodium 1659.62mg 69%
Potassium 769.24mg 16%
Total Carbs 179.92g 60%
Sugars 53.03g 212%
Dietary Fiber 8.65g 35%
Protein 20.94g 42%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 9mg 50%
Calcium 452.6mg 45%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 368.11 Kcal (1541 kJ)
Calories from fat 129.54 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.39g 74%
Cholesterol 34mg 38%
Sodium 498.26mg 69%
Potassium 230.94mg 16%
Total Carbs 54.02g 60%
Sugars 15.92g 212%
Dietary Fiber 2.6g 35%
Protein 6.29g 42%
Iron 2.7mg 50%
Calcium 135.9mg 45%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 27.7
    Points
  • 33
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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