Cupcake Batter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the specified products for the preparation of dough for cupcakes and, accordingly, the cupcakes themselves. The main condition for a successful result is that all products must be at room temperature. Pre-sift the flour. Rinse the orange well, dry it and rub the zest from it, you can replace it with lemon. Prepare a baking dish for cupcakes. Turn on the oven to warm up to 170 degrees.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a deep bowl, beat the softened butter with salt, sugar and vanilla sugar into a fluffy mass. The sugar should almost dissolve, so you can use fine sugar or powdered sugar to speed up the process.

3. Step 3:

   

   Without stopping beating, add one egg at a time. Mixing the dough thoroughly each time.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add the orange zest to the dough and mix thoroughly.

6. Step 5:

   

   Add flour in small portions and mix everything thoroughly each time. Beat the dough until all the flour is added. The cupcake dough is ready.

7. Step 6:

   

   To make small cupcakes, you can use paper capsules (without them, lubricate the mold with oil). Pour the finished dough into the molds, filling them by 2/3. For a large cupcake, cover the form with baking paper or grease with vegetable oil.

8. Step 7:

   

   Bake cupcakes in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. Readiness to check with a wooden skewer - it should come out dry from the middle of the cake. Bake a large cupcake for 60-80 minutes. At first, do not open the oven.