French butter cupcake with a rabbit on top Visual of a cow
serves 4
  • Prep Time
    15 minutes
  • Additional Time
    35-40 minutes
  • Total Time
    40-45 minutes
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ tsp. baking powder
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup French unsalted butter
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ tsp. vegetable oil
3-Step Recipes, Dessert

French Butter Cupcakes

All cupcakes are not created equal.
All butters are not created equal.
French butter is the key to making these
cupcakes extra moist and delicious.

STEP 1: PREP & MAKE THE BATTER

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Place cupcake liners in muffin pan. In a large bowl, whisk flour together with baking powder and salt. In a small pot, heat milk and French butter (do not boil).

Use a hand mixer to beat eggs for 30 seconds. Pour in sugar and whip up to triple the volume. Slowly add in flour while mixing, a little at a time, and mix continuously until you see no flour.

In a large mixing bowl, pour hot milk/butter, vanilla and oil. Whisk together with about half the batter. MIx the rest together for about 15 seconds with a beater until smooth and pourable.

STEP 2: BAKE

Fill cupcake liners with batter about ⅔ of the way up (don’t over fill). Bake for 22 minutes until golden brown.

STEP 3: COOL & FROST

Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack. Frost preferably with buttercream frosting!

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