Recipe: Yellow Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup sour cream, room temperature

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PREPARATION

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place rack in the middle position.

Cream butter with sugar for 4-5 minutes.

Beaat eggs and vanilla in small bowl.

With mixer on medium, add eggs to butter mixture, about 1 tablespoon at a time. About halfway through, turn off mixer and scrape down bowl, then resume adding eggs.

With fine mesh srainer, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into medium bowl and whisk together.

With mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture and sour cream alternately, begining with one third of flour mixture and half of the sour cream, repeat, then finishe with flour mixture. Scrape the bowl and finish blending batter by hand.

Fill 1/4 from top of liner. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.