Vanilla Creme Filled Cupcakes

Cupcakes are here to stay. Kids and adult alike are going crazy for this cute and beautifully decorated cupcakes. Cupcakes makes an ideal choice for that little cake craving after an office lunch or breakfast especially when you are not into a whole big sized cakes. I always bake cupcakes at home for my two angels and this time i'm baking them with a little hidden surprise. Yes, instead of ordinary plain cupcakes, i filled them with vanilla cream and topped with more vanilla frosting.

The cupcakes are soft and fluffy and the sweetened vanilla creme filling are sinfully delicious. The melt in mouth vanilla frosting are just irresistible and i can't stop at one. I'm being generous with my frosting...seriously, that's how a good cupcake should be. I added blue food coloring to my vanilla frosting just to finish off the last few drops in the bottle so that, i have a vacant space for new bottle of blue. You can opt for the famous off-white vanilla frosting for your cupcakes.The soft and moist cake with creamy filling and smooth vanilla frosting is indeed the best vanilla cupcake i ever tasted


Ingredients

For The Cupcakes

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter,room temperature
3 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup granulated white sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract

For The Filling

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tsp butter
2 tbsp confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For The Frosting

1 cup butter,room temperature
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp full cream milk
3-4 drops blue food coluring(totally optional)
5-6 cups confectioners sugar


Methods

For The Cupcakes

Preheat oven at 350'F and line cupcake tins with cupcake liners

In a large bowl, sift flour,salt and baking powder. Set aside

Using stand or hand mixer, beat together butter and sugar on a high speed till pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and add the vanilla extract.

Reduce speed to low and gradually add in the flour mixture alternate with buttermilk. Start with flour and end with flour in 3 addition.

Fill the prepared cupcake liners to 2/3 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or till a skewer insert in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.

For The Filling

Meanwhile, start preparing for the filling by beating the heavy cream, butter,confectioners sugar and vanilla extract till light and fluffy. Set aside.

For The Frosting

Using a hand or stand mixer beat together butter and 1 cup powdered sugar till cream. Add the vanilla extract and milk. Add 1 cup of confectioners sugar at a time till the desired consistency reached and drop in the blue food coloring. Beat till the color well combined.

Fill a pastry bag the with the prepared filling and with fitted round tip poke into center of the cupcake and start filling all the cupcakes.

Fill another pastry bag with the frosting and using your desired tip, decorate the cupcakes to your liking.

Ready to serve