Most Popular: Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream

Sometimes it is the simple things in life that are most valued.  A walk on the beach, watching a butterfly flit through the air, enjoying the amazement of a child with a big beautiful balloon.  And then there are cupcakes.  This simple cupcake recipe steals my heart.  It is the depth of the simplicity that undoubtedly makes me drool.  A Dusting of Sugar by Rebecca has turned this simple vanilla cupcake with frosting into simply delightful and irresistible treat.  Her SRC assignment this month was Jo-Anna’s blog, A Pretty Life in the Suburbs.  Jo-Anna also understands that simple ingredients are elegant and not to be scorned, but to be celebrated. Neither of these are to be missed!  Rebecca says . . .

“This is perhaps the best vanilla cake recipe I have found thus far. It’s not dense and overly crumbly. Perhaps it has something to do with the procedure, which I haven’t seen before (adding chunks of butter to the dry mixture instead of creaming it with the sugar). Instead of the cherry buttercream she made, I did raspberry.”

Check out the recipe for Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream.