Party Cupcakes

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    45mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    24
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    341

A classic vanilla cupcake recipe with a gorgeously swirled buttercream topping is the perfect recipe for every home baker, perfect for celebrations or baking with the kids, these can be easily customized to incorporate your choice of toppings or inclusions. We have dyed our icing different colours to create a two-tone effect. This recipe can be halved to make 12 cupcakes if you prefer.

recipe updated Apr 28, 2025

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    520 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    340 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    340 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    1 ¼ teaspoons
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    2 tablespoons
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    2 teaspoons
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    400 g
  • Food coloring icon
    Food coloring
    as needed
  • Sprinkles icon
    Sprinkles
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Piping bag
  • kCook icon Cupcake pan - 12 cup

Step preview

  1. Making the cupcakes:
  2. Preheat the oven - 180ºC
  3. Line cupcakes tins with paper cases
  4. Fit the Creaming Beater
  5. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  6. Mix light and fluffy and then scrape the bowl - 3 minutes, speed Min
  7. Then add the next ingredients
  8. Mix until smooth - 1 minute 30 seconds, speed Min
  9. Spoon the batter into the cupcake cases until halfway full
  10. Bake until golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean - 15 minutes, 180ºC
  11. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin – 5 minutes
  12. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely
  13. Making the icing:
  14. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Creaming Beater
  15. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  16. Mix until combined and then scrape the bowl – 2 minutes, speed 2
  17. Mix until smooth – 1 minute, speed 4
  18. Transfer the icing into a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes
  19. Decorate with sprinkles
  20. Serve
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