My Go-To Cupcake Recipe: With Variations!

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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
405
Calories
Total time
40
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl together.
  2. In a different large bowl, whisk the sugar, oil, and egg whites together.
  3. Whisk in the vanilla.
  4. Add the flour mix into the bowl and whisk thoroughly.
  5. The mix will be pretty crumbly and not sticking together right- add enough milk/soymilk/etc. to make a nice creamy smooth batter. I just add little by little until it blends. If you add too much and the batter's runny, just add some flour to even it out.
  6. Pour into a lined Texas Muffin (or regular cupcake) tin, filling each one about halfway.
  7. Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
  8. Let cool for about 45 minutes, or until no longer warm to the touch, then you can add your favorite frosting.
  9. VARIATIONS:.
  10. For pumpkin cupcakes, use 1/4 cup oil, lower the vanilla to 1 tsp, and add 3/4 cup pumpkin and 3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice. May have to bake a little longer due to all the extra moisture from the pumpkin.
  11. For rich chocolate cupcakes, add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and lower the vanilla to 1 teaspoons. You can also use 1 cup chocolate Nesquik powder in place of the sugar with the vanilla down to 1 teaspoon because it has less sugar that way but the cocoa powder method tastes far richer.
  12. For matcha green tea cupcakes, lower the vanilla to 1 tsp and add 15g matcha powder (the kind I buy comes in 5g packets, if you use the loose kind I think it'd be 1 teaspoon or maybe 1 1/2 teaspoons of powder.).
  13. For rose cupcakes, use 2 tsp rosewater instead of vanilla and add 4 drops of red food coloring. You can also use orange blossom water the same way for orange cupcakes!
  14. For lavender cupcakes, grind the sugar with 1/4 tsp dried lavender buds in a food processor then follow the recipe as written. A little purple food dye makes for nice presentation.
  15. For strawberry cupcakes, reduce the vanilla to 1 tsp and replace the sugar with 1 cup of strawberry Nesquik powder.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 405.1 Kcal (1696 kJ)
Calories from fat 167.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.58g 29%
Sodium 127.9mg 5%
Potassium 326.64mg 7%
Total Carbs 53.19g 18%
Sugars 19.95g 80%
Dietary Fiber 1.3g 5%
Protein 5.98g 12%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 116.2mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 403.14 Kcal (1688 kJ)
Calories from fat 166.44 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.49g 29%
Sodium 127.28mg 5%
Potassium 325.06mg 7%
Total Carbs 52.93g 18%
Sugars 19.85g 80%
Dietary Fiber 1.29g 5%
Protein 5.95g 12%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 115.6mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.4
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free

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