Here is a recipe from my book Party Food for Girls , I haven't made it in a while, but I needed a sugar hit, and I just felt like baking... it happens! Vanilla Cupcakes Ingredients 120 g butter 3 eggs 130 g sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla paste 200 g self-rising flour 60 ml milk Italian butter icing for the topping (recipe on page…) Fresh or sugar flowers to decorate (optional) Makes 12 cupcakes Preheat the oven to 175°C. Line a 12-muffin tray with cupcakes paper cups. Melt the butter in a jug, either in the microwave or in the oven (while the oven is warming up for the cupcakes). Place the eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk, using an electric beater, until the mixture looks light and pale yellow in colour. Slowly add the melted butter and the vanilla essence or paste. Keep beating at a low speed now; add half of the flour followed by half of the milk. Add the rest of the flour and milk and keep beating making sure that t...