vanilla cupcakes

These cupcakes are not your standard sickly sweet lightweight fluffy cupcakes.  These are denser, not too sweet, and perfectly delicious.  They pair great with the fluffy chocolate frosting.  Also, they are very simple to make, and look pretty while being mixed.

ingredients:
1 1/2 C AP flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 C sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 C milk

directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 12 cup muffin pan with wrappers.  In a small bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and the salt.  In the bowl of a stand mixer place the butter and sugar.  Beat on medium high for 4 minutes, until light and fluffy.  Keeping the mixer on, add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla, half the flour mix, then the milk, then the rest of the flour mix.  The batter should look soft and velvety.
2.  Evenly distribute the batter in the muffin pan, filling each 3/4th the way up.  Bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, 18-20 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.  Let the cupcakes sit out of the oven for 5 minutes to cool, then remove them from the pan and allow to cool fully before frosting.