I’m currently out of White Lily all-purpose flour and planning on not buying more anytime soon. First of all, I really don’t want to eat bleached flour. Regular unbleached all-purpose flour is bad enough. But I wanted to know if I could still make light and fluffy cupcakes without White Lily, so I adapted my favorite cupcake recipe from Southern Living to find out. Bottom line: White Lily all-purpose (not self-rising) flour makes the best cupcakes, but using a combo of unbleached all-purpose flour and cornstarch does produce a tender, though slightly more dense, cupcake. For me, I’ll trade down to avoid bleached flour. At least for now.
Orange Cupcakes with Orange-White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Cupcakes Adapted from Southern Living’s Classic Vanilla Cake Batter Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Click for PRINTABLE PAGE INGREDIENTS: |
| 1-1/2 cups minus 3 Tbsp. unbleached all-purpose flour 3 Tbsp. cornstarch 3/4 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. Diamond kosher salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1-1/2 Tbsp. finely grated orange zest 1-1/2 large eggs (1/2 large egg = 2 Tbsp.) 1/4 tsp. orange extract 1/8 tsp. lemon extract 1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk + 1-1/2 tsp. cider vinegar) Orange-White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Heat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper baking cups, and coat with non-stick cooking spray. Sift and whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt into a small bowl. In mixing bowl of a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat softened butter, sugar and zest at medium speed 5 minutes, till light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until incorporated. Beat in extracts. On low speed, add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat only until blended after each addition. Batter will be thick; Use immediately. Fill 12 muffin cups with batter, dividing equally. Bake 15-17 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted near center returns with just a few crumbs. Cool in pans 5 minutes, then transfer cupcakes to wire rack to finish cooling. Frost with Orange-White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Yield: 12 cupcakes  |
