121 Reviews of Magnolia Bakery's Vanilla Birthday Cake and Frosting

From: Chef #262662

On Mar 1, 2006

The best cupcakes ever! The first time I made this i didn't read the note on mixing the cake batter. If you overmix the cake batter, the cake will come out harder and drier. So the second time i made this, when adding the flour, I just mixed it in by hand, not using the electric blender and then just used the blender slightly at the end to get it all mixed together. That made the cake come out more moist.

From: New Mom Kate

On Mar 3, 2006

This recipe makes the most delicious cupcakes! I made them for an adult birthday party and everyone raved about them. The cake part is moist and tasty. And the buttercream icing is divine! I had no problems making this recipe and used an electric mixer for all combining and stirring. Tip: Store these cupcakes in a Tupperware container overnight and they will be super moist the next day!

From: klkscanner

On Jul 2, 2006

I modified this recipe to make a coconut cake and it's the best cake I've ever baked, and I've tried a lot! I made sure to beat the butter, sugar, egg mixture for a full 5 minutes. What I did to make it coconut was to replace milk with 3/4 cup coconut milk, 1/4 fat free half and half (because that's what I had), and 2 T. water. I did the same in the frosting. I sprinkled coconut on top of the frosting and between the layers. The cake layers themselves were out of this world. Thanks for such a great recipe!

From: Ilovemy4kids

On Oct 31, 2006

Batter mixed up fluffy, so I knew that the cake would turn out higher than the ones I usually bake, and it did. I reduced the sugar by 1/4 cup, and the sweetness was just right for us. Instead of baking it in 3 pans, I just baked mine in two with no problem. Will make this one again. Thank you for posting.

From: BestTeenChef

On Mar 20, 2006

These cupcakes are fantastic!!! I used my own icing because I was going to decoarte them with a spefic kind. I made this for a project at school and probaly made about 200 hundred cupcakes. The only change I made was I didn't have any self-rising flour so I used Self-Rising Flour Self-Rising Flour and everything worked fine!Thanks so much for the recipe!

From: Snu Snu

On Jul 12, 2009

I made this cake for my boyfriend's birthday. He was surprised when I came out with a teenage mutant ninja turtle cake, but even more surprised when he cut into it and it was a rainbow of colours! I split the batter into six bowls and used gel food colours to turn the batter into the colours of the rainbow. It didn't affect the flavour (which was INCREDIBLE, by the way!) but it added some wow to the presentation. Everyone raved about how delicious the cake and frosting was. It has a HUGE hit!

From: DangerBun

On Jun 13, 2006

These are my favorites! So delicious they don't even need the frosting. I've had the actual Magnolia Bakery cupcakes and they were only slightly better. But then again, maybe they just seemed that way because I was standing on the corner in the Village on a beautiful spring day, eating a cupcake at 10 AM alongside a few dozen other people...!

From: sweetlittlechef

On Dec 2, 2006

OH MY GOSH...theese are the best cupcakes in the whole world.... i changed some of the recipe. i used 2 1/2 cups of all pupose flour and then put a heaping teaspoon of baking powder...the icing is really good aswell. i only used 7 cups of suger though.

From: Mickeymousemom

On Jan 22, 2007

I made cupcakes from the recipe and they were very good. They tasted like a sugar cookie. I've had other cupcakes I liked better, but I will definitely make these again. I did only make half the icing recipe and it was perfect for 24 cupcakes. Good stuff!

From: cook from scratch

On Jan 5, 2007

So wonderful and fluffy! We made this on Christmas Eve for our Happy Birthday, Jesus cake. The kids loved it! It's a winner in our book!