These are pretty easy, according to Otter. She's made them a lot lately. They are certainly very good. The recipe calls for butter, I'd suggest using real butter and not the healthy butter substitute unless it specifically says it's for baking.
Cupcakes
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) softened butter (not melted)
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour**
1 tablespoon warm water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper cupcake cups. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Starting & ending with an egg, alternate adding eggs & flour. Beat until each is thoroughly mixed before adding the next egg or flour. Beat in water and vanilla until just mixed in. Spoon mixture into paper cups. Bake 15 - 17 minutes at 400 degrees, in the middle of the oven if you can adjust your oven racks. Let cupcakes cool for a couple of minutes before removing from muffin pan, stand on a wire rack to cool. Makes one dozen. Cool completely before frosting.
**If you have rgular all-purpose flour, add to flour: 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder & 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Otter has added food coloring to the batter, use whichever color you desire and add a drop at a time until the color is how you want it.
