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Ingredients
250g (8oz) unsalted butter, softened
250g (8oz) caster sugar
250g (8oz) self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
4 medium eggs
4 tablespoons milk
Ice-cream scoop (optional)
2 x 12-hole muffin tins, lined with paper cases
These plain cupcakes can be decorated with our perfect cupcake buttercream to create delicious celebration cakes.
Method
Set the oven to 190°C or Gas Mark 5.
Tip the butter into a bowl and beat it until softened. Add the sugar, flour, salt, eggs and milk and whisk until the mixture is smooth.
Use a traditional-style ice-cream scoop, or spoon, to divide the mixture between all the paper cases.
Place both muffin tins in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, then swap over the position of the tins over and bake for a further 3-7 minutes, until both trays of cupcakes are a light golden colour.
Remove the tins from the oven. Leave the cupcakes to cool in the tins for a few minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
Freezing: The cakes are best eaten on the day that they're baked, but if necessary, once cold, they can be wrapped in freezer bags and frozen for up to 1 month. They will defrost in about 1hour. They can be decorated with the buttercream topping while they are still frozen, which will help to keep them as fresh as possible before serving.
Flavour variations: If you don't want plain cupcakes, then try one of these flavours:
Lemon: Add finely zested rind of 2 lemons to the mixture, and use 4 tablespoons of lemon juice in place of the milk
Chocolate: Use 2 level tablespoons less flour, and add 2 level tablespoons cocoa
Rose: Use 1-2 tablespoon less milk and replace with 1-2 tablespoons rose water
Coffee: Omit the milk and, in its place, use 2 tablespoons instant coffee, dissolved in 4 tablespoons hot water

I have a few ideas that might help you, though I know what you mean about the mini volcanoes, and I don't have a solution to that! At least volcanoes usually taste light and fluffy- just put lots of icing to hide the funny shape!
1. Don't ever beat the mixture after adding SR flour (like this recipe says). It makes it tough and the cakes will be small and dense. It's best to stir carefully half the flour, then liquid, then the rest of the flour. We call it "folding"- carefully twist the spoon as you stir to mix it in. The less you move the spoon, the better. If you do beat like this recipe says, stop as soon as it's mixed.
2. They are cooked when you press on the top and the cake springs back up. Take straight out. They get dry if you overcook them. If the cake pushed down and stays down, it's not cooked enough yet.
3. I always use 180 degrees for cakes- moderate oven. 160 is too cold and they won't rise properly. Fan-forced, don't go over 180.
4. Do you use the muffin tray like this recipe says? I think it keeps the cakes a little moister, but them my Mum cooks the best cupcakes ever and she often just puts the patty pans on a flat baking tray.
5. Leaving out ingredients will always change a recipe. I would either search for a low-sugar recipe, or follow this recipe exactly until you get it to work, then mess around with the sugar. You should be able to reduce the sugar, but I'd always get the recipe to work first before I tried to change anything.

6. I'm living in Malaysia now, and I find that the ingredients are a little different to the ones I got in Australia. The sugar is finer, the eggs are different, I can't get my favourite cocoa brand. I don't know where you are, but remember that things are different in different places. Margarine is also very different to butter. Egg size and quality can change a cake's finish (cage eggs, free-range, colour of the yolk, chicken feed, etc). Cake flours work better than all-purpose flour.

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Recipes For Cupcakes From Scratch Recipes For Cupcakes From Cupcake Wars From Sratch For Kids Vanilla For Halloween For Dogs And Cakes Pictures

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