Easy Cupcake Recipes Give You Tasty Treats With Less Effort

The world of baking is full of recipes, and it can seem daunting for a new baker to figure out what to bake. Cookie dough, brownie batter, pudding mix! When making just a quick dessert that gives you the best bang for your buck, nothing beats an easy cupcake recipe. With fewer ingredients and hardly any labor required, these recipes allow you to put your feet up and enjoy some sweet treats while having fun in the kitchen.Just imagine how much fun you can have glancing at a cake mixture in the oven with just your eyes, hearing sizzling and popping noises when you stir it or smelling the aroma of freshly baked cupcakes wafting through your air vents.

The Minimalist's Cupcake

The minimalist cupcake is perfect for someone who wants to sit back and enjoy some cupcakes. The ingredients involved are easy to find, you can put them together quickly, and you can bake them in no time. It's a simple recipe that comes together in about 20 minutes. All you have to do is blend the ingredients, pour them into cupcake pans, let them sit for 30 minutes and then bake them up.

Ingredients: 

• 4 cups cake flour (1 cup unsifted) 
• 1 tablespoon baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon 
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 6 egg whites
• 1 cup granulated sugar (or substitute ¾ cup white sugar and add three tablespoons packed brown sugar) 
• 2/3 cup water or milk 
• Vanilla extract or iced coffee to taste (optional)
• Water or milk to line a 12-cup muffin tin

Directions: Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the egg whites in the top of a double boiler or a heatproof bowl until they form stiff peaks. Place over hot water (a small amount of water should be hot) and beat with a handheld electric mixer until very thick (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and gradually add the sugar, then beat for about 5 minutes on medium-high speed. Stir in the vanilla extract and water or milk. Pour into prepared muffin cups and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Microwave cupcakes

Believe it or not, your microwave can deliver an excellent cupcake right to your door. You only need cocoa powder, a tablespoon of oil, and some sugar. That's it. It's that simple. All you have to do is mix everything in a mug, put it in the microwave, and eat it when it's done in 70 to 90 seconds. .Mix up the batter and put it inside a lightly greased cup. Microwaves are excellent little cooking machines that turn out the best desserts in less than 30 seconds. Here are the things you will need:

• Flour
• Sugar
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Milk
• Butter
• Vanilla
• Sprinkles

Apple Cinnamon Cupcake

You don't even have to follow a recipe. It's just as easy as putting some apple flavoring and cinnamon together in a bowl, mixing it up, and then chilling it for 30 minutes. This may not be a traditional cupcake, but is delicious and oh so easy. Try making your recipe with applesauce instead of oil. Just mix the following ingredients in a bowl and bake until done. Here are what you will need:

• Flour
• Apple, cored and chopped into pieces
• Cinnamon
• Unsweetened applesauce
• Vanilla extract
• Apple pie spice

Cupcake Tips

These three recipes are just a sample of the many easy cupcake recipes. Most kinds of cupcakes have a very similar cooking process. Some cupcakes have more chocolate, others may have more cinnamon, and other brands may even add nuts to the mixture. If you want to create your recipe, you can look for those that already give you a good idea of how the recipe should taste, so it's easier to replicate.

There are also many helpful tips you can use when baking cupcakes. One of the main ones is to bake at a hotter temperature than your average baking temperature. Usually, if you try to make cupcakes at the same temperature that you frequently use to bake bread or cookies, you will burn them. When making cupcake recipes, adjust the heat, so it's about 20 degrees hotter than what's usually used.