Vanilla Valentine's Day Cupcakes

I got the cutest little cupcake liners with cute toothpicks from the dollar store so I wanted to make a Valentine's Day inspired cupcakes.

This recipe is for homemade vanilla cupcakes and homemade vanilla icing.

Ingredients (Cupcakes):

3/4 cup butter (room temperature)

3 eggs (room temperature)

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 3/4 cups sugar

3 tsp vanilla or more (more for more vanilla tasting)

1 1/4 cups milk

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

Ingredients (Icing):

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

5-6 tbs 2% milk

Red food coloring

Directions (Cupcakes):

1. Add cupcake liners to cupcake pan or grease individually.

2. Preheat oven to 350.

3. Mix salt, baking powder, and flour together.

4. Beat butter in an electric mixer or with a hand mixer on high 30 seconds.

5. Add sugar and beat until combined.

6. Add eggs and vanilla.

7. Add part of the flour mix and part of the milk. Repeat adding a little at a time.

8. Pour into cupcake liners. (3/4 way full)

9. Bake 15-18 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes before icing.

Directions (Icing):

1. Beat butter until creamy.

2. Beat in confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and enough milk.

3. If not at desired consistency you can add a little more milk. 
(I found it was plenty of milk. My icing didn't get as thick as I wanted it too probably because my mixer went out of whack when I was trying to make the icing!)

4. Add drops of red food coloring to get the color icing you desire.

(I've talked about this before but, I find it easy to fill up my icing back by placing it in a cup so it stands up. I also used this method this time because I stuck it in the freezer so my icing would  thicken up since my hand mixer went out of whack. More of a reason why I need to suck it up and go by a Kitchen Aid mixer STAT.)

So, I'm kind of sad my icing didn't turn out like I wanted it too because of my mixer. :( But, they tasted delicious and hey that's all that matters right?!

Poor icing!

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