Vanilla cupcakes

This is my favourite recipe for classic, soft and moist vanilla cupcakes. I also find it really easy to remember because it's all the same weights. This will be plenty to make 12 cupcakes or 6 muffins.

Ingredients

• 1x large egg
• 100g baking margarine
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g self raising flour
• 1 cap-ful vanilla essence
  

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 180ºC or Gas mark 4 or 350ºF
2. In your mixing bowl beat together the margarine and sugar with a spatula until smooth.
   
3. Add a capful / half a teaspoon of vanilla essence to the batter.
4. Add the egg to the mixing bowl and fold into the mixture.
5. Add the flour and mix together until you have a smooth batter.
6. If you want to add any thing to the mix (choc chips, sultanas, banana) then this is the time to do it.
7. Pour the mixture into a zip lock bag and pipe into cupcake cases (saves on mess and washing up - just throw the bag away, no washing up required!)
   
8. Put in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes. Once you think the cakes are cooked open the oven and press down on one of the cakes, if it springs back then the cakes are done.