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| Nutrition Facts | ||
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Serving Size 1 cupcakes 74g Recipe makes 24 cupcakes) |
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| Calories 247 | ||
| Calories from Fat 63 | (25%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 7.1g | 10% | |
| Saturated Fat 4.3g | 21% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 1.9g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 35mg | 11% | |
| Sodium 100mg | 4% | |
| Potassium 45mg | 1% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 44.3g | 14% | |
| Dietary Fiber 0.4g | 1% | |
| Sugars 33.2g | ||
| Protein 2.4g | 4% | |
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 lb confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 375°F.2
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in the eggs, two teaspoons vanilla, salt and baking powder. Add flour and milk in batches, starting and ending with flour. Stir until batter is smooth and satiny.3
Fill paper-lined muffin tins with batter. Bake at 375° for 18- 20 minutes.4
For frosting, whip together the box of confectioners' sugar, half-and-half, and one teaspoon vanilla until smooth and fluffy.5
Allow cupcakes to cool about 45 minutes and frost.6
*HINT* I added about one extra teaspoon of vanilla to the batter.7
This recipe didn't specify, but I used all-purpose flour.8
To the frosting, I added a bit more half-and-half to reach a thinner consistency.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: TaterBug! :)
On Jul 4, 2009
Great cupcakes! I love Amy Searis, she is an amazing comedic performer and author. I am also a huge fan of her brother who is a gifted writer, David Sedaris.
From: Chef #985950
On Jul 3, 2009
oh yum! Made these today and they were light, fluffy and buttery! in the past I have made great flavored cupcakes but they turned out dry and crumbly. These are marvelous!!!
From: SPrins
On Aug 15, 2008
WOW! WOW!! WOW!!! I chose to make these cupcakes, but not the icing. Instead I used the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting #222188 (which is awesome!!). YUM!! I COULDN'T stop myself from eating several at a time! I made them to take to a friend of mine, and kept 6 at home for us . . . and ate most of them! :O) Thanks so much for sharing!
From: Shannon W.
On Oct 20, 2007
I really enjoyed these! My boyfriend and I are huge fans of the beautiful and intelligent Amy Sedaris (and her family too!) so this was something we knew we'd love. Make sure that you use good quality vanilla extract as opposed to vanilla flavoring as it really makes a huge difference in the finished product. I'm glad that I opted for the expensive stuff. The cake part of these cupcakes is AMAZING and turned out perfectly. I think that this is the best recipe I have ever tried for the cake part of a cupcake. I wouldn't change a thing in this regard! My only gripe with this recipe is that the icing is a bit too sweet - all I tasted was powdered sugar, despite doubling the amount of vanilla and adding more half and half. I will save this recipe and make it many times in the future, but I will experiment a bit more with the icing as I think these would be best with a big gob of rich vanilla buttercream icing instead. Thanks for posting!
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