The milk (I typically use 2%) adds to the structure of the cake, in addition to adding moisture. The oil is the fat component instead of butter and in my opinion, tends to make a more moist cake that stays moist for longer. Next are the wet ingredients: milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs. Easy, common ingredients that you should totally have in your pantry already. We’ve got the usual suspects in this cupcake, starting with the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. The “OG cupcake” was that way too, but used butter and were a little denser. I mean, basically like a box mix but not, you know? These are those cupcakes. Creaming butter and sugar together makes quite a fabulous cupcake, but sometimes you just want quick and easy and to barely even need to use a mixer. There’s no need for creaming to get involved, which is kind of a plus.

Sorry “OG cupcake”, there’s a new star in town. But while I still love them, these are my new fave. If you haven’t tried them, they are worth checking out. I still remember the batches upon batches of cupcakes I made while testing those and the fabulous friends that lined them up and tasted tested them all to help me find the best one. They are loved by many and were my favorite for some time. You may or may not have tried my original vanilla cupcakes. Plus, I know not every has the same idea of the perfect cupcake, so I like to have options. If you don’t have a good vanilla, can anything else really be that good? There are so many ways to vary a vanilla cake and I want the best of all of them! I’m greedy like that. I’m a believer that if you don’t have a good vanilla cake, you have NOTHING! 🙂 Ok, dramatic, but it’s like the “tell”. It’s the never ending quest for all the best versions.

Today, we are talking about these moist vanilla cupcakes and I’m pumped! One of the things that I’m always messing with is vanilla cake/cupcakes. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I’d be bringing you some new basic favorites and I started with my easy moist chocolate cake.

Vanilla milk