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All Recipes, Cupcakes, Dessert · November 10, 2020

Small Batch Vanilla Cupcakes with Maple Sea Salt Buttercream

Two cupcakes on a wooden board next to a bottle of milk.

Homemade vanilla cupcakes paired with a creamy maple sea salt buttercream that is simple to whip up.

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Ever feel like a homemade cupcake but didn’t want a whole batch of 24 cupcakes? Then do we have the perfect recipe for you. This easy to make homemade vanilla cupcakes and maple sea salt buttercream recipe only makes a batch of 9 cupcakes.

Nervous about making cupcakes and frosting from scratch?  Don’t be we promise you it is really easy. We have a few helpful tips to help you create the best cupcakes you have ever tasted.

Cake flour in a large clear bowl, butter on a white plate, pure maple syrup in a small clear bowl, eggs in a bowl.

Ready to start baking?

Ingredients you’ll need:

  • Cake flour. When it comes to making a homemade cake you always want to use cake flour. Cake flour is lighter, finer, and softer which in turn creates a light, fluffy, and tender cupcake. We use the Swans Down Cake flour.
  • Baking powder
  • Salt
  • Butter. We use salted butter but feel free to use unsalted if you like.
  • Olive oil
  • Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Vanilla extract
  • Buttermilk
  • Powdered sugar
  • Pure Maple Syrup. Don’t get this confused with regular maple syrup that you would use on your pancakes!
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Coarse sea salt. This will be to sprinkle on top of the cupcakes. Over favorite coarse sea salt is Maldon Sea Salt Flakes.

A whisk being taken out of a bowl of batter.

 

Tips for making the perfect vanilla cupcake:

  • Make sure your eggs, butter, and buttermilk are at room temperature.
  • Fill each cupcake liner ¾ of the way up with batter. Filling it up to the top will create mushroom tops and too little batter won’t create that nice dome we look for in a cupcake.
  • Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting to keep the frosting from melting.A cupcake tray filled with batter. A electric mixer paddle attachment with frosting on the end of it.

 

Tips for making the maple sea salt buttercream:

  • Don’t let your butter get too soft. This will affect the consistency of the frosting. It should be at least 68 degrees. You can check the temperature with an instant-read thermometer.
  • Be sure to sift the powdered sugar to avoid any clumps of sugar in the frosting.
  • Add more pure maple syrup to increase the maple flavor.
  • If the frosting is too wet add more powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
  • If your frosting is too dry. A half teaspoon of milk a little at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
  • The piping tip we used for piping is the Ateco 846 tip.

 

More recipes you might enjoy:

  • Cherry Almond Cake
  • Harry Potter’s Birthday Cake
  • Funfetti Cake

A cupcake on a mini dark wooden board next to another cupcake.

A vanilla cupcake with a bite taken out of it.

A vanilla cupcake with maple sea salt butter cream swirled on top with the wrapper taken off. On a white plate.
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Small Batch Vanilla Cupcakes with Maple Sea Salt Buttercream

A small-batch of homemade vanilla cupcakes paired with a maple sea salt buttercream that is simple to make.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Adorable Cupcakes, Buttercream, Vanilla cupcakes
Servings: 9 Cupcakes
Author: Alyssa & Marissa

Ingredients

Vanilla Cupcakes

  • 1½ cup plus 3 tbsp Cake Flour Do not use All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 cup Butter room temperature
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 2 Eggs room temperature
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp Buttermilk room temperature

Maple Sea Salt Buttercream

  • 3/4 cup Butter room temperature
  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar sifted
  • 1/2 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 4 tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Cinnamon
  • Coarse Sea Salt to sprinkle on top

Instructions

Vanilla Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350° Farenheight. Prepare a cupcake pan with liners. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • Using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment cream together the butter, olive oil, and sugar. Scrape down the sides if needed.
  • Add each egg in one at a time making sure that each one is well incorporated before adding the next one.
  • Stir in the vanilla extract.
  • On low speed add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk. Mix until combined.
  • Divide the batter evenly into the cupcake pan filling each one 3/4 of the way up.
  • Bake for 28-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
  • Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

Maple Sea Salt Buttercream

  • Using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment beat the butter on medium speed for 5 minutes.
  • On low speed add the powdered sugar a little at a time until fully incorporated.
  • Add in the vanilla extract, pure maple syrup, salt, and cinnamon. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. About 3-4 minutes.
  • Pipe or frost onto the cooled cupcakes and then sprinkle the tops with the coarse sea salt.

Notes

Add more powdered sugar at a time until it reaches your desired consistency. 
For more maple flavor you can add in more maple syrup. 

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Posted In: All Recipes, Cupcakes, Dessert · Tagged: Birthday, cupcakes, Dessert, Easy Recipe, Homemade cake, Homemade cupcakes, Maple Sea Salt

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