i did everything you said but theres no taste to the cupcakes. what else can i add to give it more flavor?

Hi Raquel,

Try using a nicely flavored icing. Did you use real vanilla extract? It's best to use a high quality vanilla instead of the supermarket kind, especially if it's been sitting on the shelf for awhile because it mellows out and loses much of its flavor.

Happy Holidays,

-- CM

I made these cupcakes for my sons 2 year birthday party at school. They came out absolutely delicious and weren't too sweet. They were enjoyed by all. Thank you for the recipe!!

I love this recipe! It is so easy. I am almost ten years old, and I got them perfect! I'm doing them for my school bake sale...

We are being snowed in right now so I will bake them for a treat for my family! :)

We're snowed in and all the Hostess cupcakes were gone. So I found your quick homemade recipe. This was the easiest homemade recipe I have ever used. I added a couple of drops of blue food coloring, the kids just loved them! Topped them with some cream cheese icing. Thany you!

We are enjoying our snow day by baking this batch of cup cakes which are very scrumptious. :) Use vanilla icing, not chocolate.

Could I use cake flour instead of all purpose flour? Thanks. Btw, these cupcakes are fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

CUPCAKES R SOOOOOOOO DELICIOUS

I needed something just a little sweet to kill the craving I've had for several days and this was it!! Perfect and simple recipe. For the sugar I used 3/4 C white and 1/4 (packed) brown sugar. And instead of 2 tsp of vanilla, I used 1 tsp vanilla and 1 1/2 tsp strawberry extract.
It was the perfect blend of simple and sweet and perfect for a rainy day. I decided I didn't even need to make icing...they were perfect without it!

instead of vanilla extract, you can use rum. it actually makes it less dry. I haven't made this recipe, but it worked with chocolate chip cookies, suger cookies, and a chocolate cake. also vanilla is very expensive these days.

My family and I make these all the time! They are easy and DELICIOUS!! But the taste is changed if you use extra eggs.

SUPER AWESOME RECIPE. Doesn't have overpowering sugar taste to it, and came out with the perfect amount of crumbliness and sponginess to it. I doubled the amount to make 24 cupcakes and i used half amount white sugar, with the other half as brown sugar, and it came out dee-licious. A I will use it to make a larger cake one day.

I tried these cupcakes based on the many positive comments and rather like them. However, mine came out rather dense. I wonder if I needed to sift the flour before measuring? Could it be that I made them by hand and didn't beat the batter well enough? I would appreciate it if anyone knew the answer. Thank you.

I tried the recipe, liked it! I was wondering if there is a secret to getting the cupcakes to rise high above the cupcake? My cupcakes are flat, I was hoping to get a high dome on them.

These cakes are amazing, we loved them. Perfect and moist, thank you so much for sharing your recipe, I think it will get used many times over the years now! Tracy, mine come out a bit flat too but that's okay because the frosting stays on better!

This recipe is good... not great. I would definitely recommend upping the amount of vanilla to one tablespoon plus. It's still almost not enough to get a really great vanilla flavor. I would also recommend subbing buttermilk for the milk to get a more distinctive flavor. Again... not great, but for a simple recipe, I would use this again!