Almost Cake Mix Vanilla Cupcakes

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For pretty pastel coloured cupcakes, add in a few drop of desired food colouring my recipe#80118 goes wonderful with these cupcakes --- i use 2 cups icing sugar and 1/2 cup white granulated sugar instead of processing the sugar, it works out fine this way.

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Steps

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Set oven to 375 degrees.

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Line 24 muffin pans with paper cupcake liners.

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In an electric mixer , cream butter and shortening until fluffy.

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Add in the eggs and the extracts and beat about 3-4 minutes on high speed.

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Add in the sugar.

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Beat well until sugar is completely combined.

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In a bowl , sift together flour , salt and baking powder.

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Blend into the creamed ingredients , along with the warm milk until smooth.

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Fill the prepared pans about two-thirds full.

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Immediately , reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

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Place the cupcakes in oven , and bake for about 20-24 minutes , or until the cupcakes test done.

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Ingredients

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butter, crisco shortening, sugar, eggs, pure vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, cake flour, baking powder, half-and-half cream