Gluten-Free Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream

Name: Gluten-Free Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 47 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: unsalted butter, softened (about 18°C); caster sugar; fine sea salt or table salt; large eggs; vanilla; gluten-free plain flour blend (measure-for-measure); gluten-free baking powder; whole milk, at room temperature; unsalted butter, softened; icing sugar, sifted; whole milk or double cream; vanilla; fine sea salt or table salt

Inspired by techniques from Serious Eats, NYT Cooking and King Arthur Baking.

Cupcakes · Gluten-free · American

Light vanilla cupcakes made with a 1:1 gluten-free flour blend and gluten-free baking powder, topped with the same fluffy vanilla buttercream.

Prep25 min

Cook22 min

Total47 min

DifficultyEasy

Per serving401 kcal

PremiumGluten-freeVegetarian

ServingsMakes 12

Allergens (EU 14)

GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Free sugars

Sugar (WHO daily guide)

Free sugars: 40.3 g per serving

80.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 161.2 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g (WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. who.int/publications/i/item/9789241549028

Equipment

12-hole muffin tin lined with paper cases
stand mixer or electric hand whisk
piping bag with a large star nozzle
wire rack

Nutrition per serving (estimated values)

Per serving	Amount
Energy	401 kcal
Protein	2.4 g
Carbohydrate	52.4 g
of which sugars	41.1 g
of which free sugars	40.3 g
Fat	20.7 g
of which saturates	12.8 g
Fibre	0.3 g
Salt	0.37 g

Protein per 100 kcal

0.6 g High Protein needs ≥ 5 g (20% of energy)

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values

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