Repeat after me: I MUST TRY THIS FROSTING!!! If you even like vanilla the tiniest bit you will love the French Vanilla Frosting I made to top these cupcakes. It has an amazing flavour, not very sweet but so creamy and moorish you will be licking the bowl clean - you have been warned. As to the cupcake, well a good vanilla cupcake should be the staple of every bakers repertoire, it is so versatile to dress up with a myriad of different frosting: chocolate, cream cheese, caramel, etc. But let me guess... you already have a vanilla cupcake recipe that you think is the best? We all have our favourites depending on our tastes, I like mine light and fluffy, moist but not dense. I also like the vanilla flavour to be the highpoint of the cupcake. This recipe will make 12-14 decent size cupcakes that will impress I promise. Just remember not to over beat when you are incorporating the flour. I also use vanilla bean paste to fleck the cupcake and icing and deepen the vanilla taste, if you cant find vanilla bean paste buy a vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise and scrape the seeds from one side into the cupcake mixture, and the other half into the frosting mixture. Also add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to each mixture.
