Large Yellow Cupcakes

These large yellow cupcakes are perfect when you need a cupcake that's sweet, tight crumbed and just a tad bit larger than usual. Also, the recipe calls for 2 ½ cups of cake flour, so if you prefer cakes made with cake flour this is a good one.

This recipe is similar to my old favorite Vanilla Bean Cupcakes recipe, but with a few changes. I increased the flour, used the whole egg instead of just the whites, and used less baking powder.

Large Yellow Cupcakes Yield

The recipe makes about 16 to 18 standard cupcakes or 14 large yellow cupcakes. The slightly larger wrappers have 2 inch bases and 1 ¾ inch sides, so even though they are taller and a little wider, they still fit in a normal muffin pan. You can buy them on-line through various stores including Web Restaurant Store, which a few people have recommended to me.

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Recipe

Yellow Cupcakes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 16

Ingredients

 

• 2 ½ cups cake flour 280 grams
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs separated
• ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature (180 grams)**
• 1 ¾ cups sugar 350 grams
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole milk room temperature

Frosting

• 1 stick butter softened ( 114 grams)
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla or more as desired
• heavy cream and milk as needed 1-3 tablespoons

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line 16 standard or 14 large muffin cups with paper liners.
• Thoroughly mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside
• With a handheld mixer, beat 2 egg whites on high speed in a metal bowl until soft peaks form.
• In a second mixing bowl using the same mixer, beat the butter until creamy. Add the sugar and beat on medium high for about 3 minutes, scraping down side of the bowl often. Stir in the egg yolks and the vanilla. Scrape bowl and beat on medium, increasing speed to high and beating for 1 minute.
• Using a heavy duty scraper or a big mixing spoon, stir in the dry ingredients alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, and mixing each addition just until incorporated. With the electric mixer, beat for about 30 seconds just to get rid of any lumps and build the structure. Don’t overbeat. Fold in the whipped egg whites. The batter should be fairly thick.
• Spoon batter into cupcake wrappers filling a little over halfway. Bake for 18-21 minutes or until the tops of the cupcakes spring back when touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the cupcake cups for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
• To make the frosting, beat the butter until creamy, then gradually beat in the powdered sugar. Add vanilla, then add milk or cream of a mixture of the two about 1 tablespoon at a time, beating and scraping the side of the bowl, until you are happy with the consistency. I like this frosting because it tastes great and holds up a little better than the richer one with 2 sticks of butter and 3 ½ cups of powdered sugar. This one is a little sweeter, but not in a bad way. If you want to cut the sweetness, add an ounce of cream cheese.

Notes

If you prefer, you can use 144 grams of shortening in place of the 180 grams of butter.

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