Halloween cupcakes and a great new cupcake recipe

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 It’s almost time for Halloween and of course another opportunity to search for the perfect cupcake recipe. In comparison to the previous recipe I tested out, this recipe uses only egg whites. 

This perfect cupcake recipe checks off on every factor on my perfect cupcake checklist. It has a fluffy, springy texture, a wonderful, non-eggy, non-floury taste and yes, it uses one more egg than I really want it to use, but it’s just the egg whites so it’s not so bad. It’s a bit sweeter than I would like it to be, but that can be remedied by decreasing the sugar a bit.

This recipe is also great for baking cakes, which is what the original recipe intended it to be for. However, you can’t argue with these fantastic cupcake results. I got this recipe from Bakerita and included a few of my own little changes.

The Perfect Vanilla Cupcake

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(Almost) Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes

Too sweet, too dense, too eggy--I am always on the hunt for the perfect vanilla cupcake, and although I’ve come across a few great ones that I would reuse and proudly serve my willing guinea pigs, my search continues.

What makes the perfect vanilla cupcake you ask? For me, the top 5 things I look for are:

1. Fluff factor: springiness/fluffiness of a cupcake. 
2. Eggs/Butter ratios: My max is 4 eggs and 2 cups of butter. Any more is just overkill. Sure it may taste better, but is it really worth the cholesterol?
3. Sweetness: The less the better. You’re already going to frost them, why do you need so much sugar in the cake itself? 
4. Texture: Cupcakes shouldn’t taste like muffins or cakes, the perfect cupcake should have a density close to a light cakey doughnut. 
5. Taste: Not too eggy, not too sweet, not too flourey. I personally really like the flavour of Original Cupcakes’ cupcakes. That’s probably as close to perfect tasting as you can get.
   
   

   

   Baking my (almost) perfect vanilla cupcakes

While this recipe isn’t my perfect cupcake, it does taste pretty good. It’s an easy cupcake recipe and you end with a relatively fluffy, not too dense vanilla cupcake. It’s a little too sweet for my taste even without the icing, but again, still pretty yum in my books.

I got this yellow cupcake recipe from Just Every Day Me’s blog but the recipe’s originally from the Food Network and includes a few of my own alterations.