One-bowl cupcakes

This is one of my favourite recipes of all time...mostly because it is SOOO easy! Even someone like me, who loves to bake, also loves easy recipes sometimes. The lovely thing with this recipe is that it can be made in one bowl! All the ingredients are poured into a bowl and mixed...it's that simple!

The other great thing with this recipe is that it can easily be made chocolate or vanilla...just by substituting some of the flour for cocoa.

I found this recipe years ago in my mom's tried and tested recipe box and it's stuck with me since. The amount of times it's been baked in our house and the memories that it brings are endless. Some of those best memories have been with my sisters, late at night, mixing the batter and then eating it...yup, you read right, we ate the batter…and still do ;-) ! It is DELICIOUS!

One more great thing with this recipe is that it can easily be made cupcakes or it can just as easily be a cake. And just about any frosting works with them.



Lazy housewife’s cake
Ingredients
-120 g marg – melted (125ml)
-2 eggs
-140g cake flour ( 287ml)
-40 g cocoa ( 100ml) ( add 40 extra flour for a vanilla cake)
-125ml milk
-140g( 175ml) castor sugar
-Pinch of salt
-10ml baking powder
-5 ml vanilla essence

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
3. Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl mix for 1 minute.
4. Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 15 minutes.



One secret...make sure not to leave them in the oven for too long...otherwise they will get too dry.

Happy baking and happy thanksgiving to everyone! Thanksgiving is such a wonderful tradition. There is so much in life to be thankful for! I’m thankful for being blessed with a lovely husband and the world’s cutest son and the best family ever!

What things are you grateful for in your life?