Vanilla Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting. « Appoggiatura
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Brightly colored and festive, these cupcakes are a a crowd pleaser. They are deeply vanilla and very tender. The frosting is rich, but the tang of the cream cheese helps balance the sugar.
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- Appoggiatura
18 cupcakes
- for the cupcakes
- 3/4 C butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 1/2 C sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 C flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 C milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp lemon extract
- for the frosting
- 1/2 C butter (1 stick)
- 8 oz cream cheese (1 block)
- 3 C confectioners sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
