Vanilla Cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Name: Vanilla Cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Total time: 65
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1.5 teaspoons baking powder; 0.75 teaspoon salt; 1.5 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1.5 cups white sugar; 4 large eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, or more to taste; 1.25 cups milk; 1.25 cups white sugar; 5 large egg whites; 0.25 teaspoon coarse salt; 2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe by Rae from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 5 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1.5 teaspoons baking powder
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0.75 teaspoon salt
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1.5 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
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1.5 cups white sugar
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4 large eggs
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract, or more to taste

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1.25 cups milk
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1.25 cups white sugar
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5 large egg whites
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0.25 teaspoon coarse salt
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2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
Make the cupcakes: Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, followed by vanilla, beating well after each addition. Mix in flour mixture alternately with milk until smooth. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 23 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
While the cupcakes are cooling, make the buttercream: Bring a pan of water to a simmer. Combine sugar, egg whites, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Place the bowl on top of the pan and whisk until sugar dissolves.
Attach the bowl to the stand mixer and beat with a whisk attachment until mixture is cool and glossy and stiff peaks form. Add butter, a few tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and mix until smooth.
Spread buttercream onto cooled cupcakes.