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Very Vanilla Cupcakes

4/1/2021

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Well, it happened again.  I got caught up in all of the gorgeous Georgia Spring weather - I planted flowers, I planted my garden and drug out all my summer plants that were spending the winter indoors. 🌺  I should have known that it was too good to be true.  Tonights forecast is calling for below freezing temperatures!  🥶

So what I do when the weatherman calls for frost in April?  I bring in the plants that I can and the rest of them get covered with bags and sheets to protect them from frost.  I got some strange looks from the neighbors while I was draping white sheets over the bushes tonight.  Maybe they thought I got my holidays mixed up and was putting out super tacky Halloween decorations in April.  👻 😅
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The cold weather definitely caught me off guard this week.  As for the pollen - I've come to expect that with a Georgia Spring.  I decided to officially concede the war on pollen. I bought plant pale yellow flowers to coordinate with the golden dust that's blanketing my porch. 💛 I'm hosing off my patio every morning and making pollen soup on the sidewalks.   My black car is yellow and I'm sneezing like never before but I'm throwing up the white flag and giving up the fight to keep the pollen at bay.  
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Since I'm seeing yellow everywhere these days - I figured, why not make some sunny yellow cupcakes?  I feel like everyone should have a basic homemade vanilla cupcake recipe in their recipe book.  One that's simple and uses ingredients that you already have on hand and tastes way better than box mix cupcakes.  A vanilla cupcake recipe that you can add things to like sprinkles or mini chocolate chips.  A recipe that your family will ask you to make over and over again.  A vanilla cupcake recipe EXACTLY like this one!  
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Very Vanilla Cupcakes
1 3/4 cups cake flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 egg whites
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup 2% milk
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Combine cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 
Beat butter in mixer until creamy.
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Add sugar and beat well.  
Beat in egg whites and vanilla.
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Beat in sour cream.
Gradually add in dry ingredients.  
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Slowly add milk and beat until just combined.  
Scoop batter into a paper lined cupcake pan.
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Bake 22 minutes at 350. 
Cool on wire racks.   
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Even though these sweet little cakes are perfectly decorated for Spring, the decorating possibilities are endless.  Green for St. Patrick's Day, red for Valentine's Day and pink and purple for Unicorn Day.  Give me a party theme - and I'll come up with the perfect cupcake decorations.  It's one of my many strange talents.  😅  Anyway - enjoy the recipe - it's a good one. 

Ciao!
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