Vanilla Cupcakes
Prep : 20 mins.
Cook : 22 mins.
Total : 42 mins.
Yield: 9 muffins
Ingredients
1 cup Rayne’s Mill Original Pancake Mix
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Ingredients for the classic mousseline cream frosting:
1 cup of milk
1/4 cup sugar
6 tbsp cornstarch
2 to 3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup softened butter
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners in a standard muffin tin.
2. Mix all dry ingredients together set aside.
3. In a separate bowl beat eggs with sugar until triple in volume and white color of a mixture. It takes
about 4 minutes. Put 1/3 of dry ingredients in the egg-sugar mixture and gently mix with use of spatula.
Repeat 2 more times until all dry ingredients are mixed in.
4. Mix butter, milk, warm up in a saucepan on the low heat up to 45-50 Celsius(100-120°F).
5. In a separate bowl pour 3/4 cup of the egg-sugar-flour mixture from step 2 and gently mix with warm
milk-oil-butter mixture in a separate bowl. When mixture is gently combined pour the rest of the batter
from step 2 and whisk all together in a low speed for about 30 seconds. Fill in the muffin tin.
6. Bake about 22 minutes. Remove from the oven, take the cupcakes away and continue in a cooling.
7.Put the mousseline cream frosting on top and decorate with fresh berries.
for the classic mousseline cream frosting:
1. In a saucepan mix milk and sugar, in a separate bowl mix egg yolks and cornstarch until combined. Heat up the saucepan with milk-sugar until the mixture gets hot (85 Celsius/185°F), stirring by the whisk pour in egg yolk-cornstarch mixture. Continue whisking for about 1 minute, stop when mixture get thickened.
Set aside, cool for 3 minutes, and put the mixture in a low heat again, continue whisking for about 2
minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. Mix warm (room temperature) mixture from step 1 with 1/2 cup of butter in a low speed of hand mixer until combined, add vanilla extract.