Bubblegum Cupcakes

Directions

1. 1
   For the vanilla cupcakes:
2. 2
   Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line the muffin tin with 9 standard size cupcake liners.
3. 3
   Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in one egg at a time until light. Add vanilla extract. Sift in flour and baking powder and mix well while gradually adding milk.
4. 4
   Pour 1 ice cream scoop full of batter into each cupcake liner (or just fill it 2/3 full) and bake for about 18 minutes. Check with a toothpick starting around the 15-minute point.
5. 5
   Once baked, let cool on a cooling rack.
6. 6
   For the bubblegum buttercream frosting:
7. 7
   Cream butter until light, fluffy and pale. Add the icing sugar in batches. Beat in the bubblegum syrup and vanilla extract. Add the last batch of icing sugar, beat for a couple of minutes with an electric blender, stand mixer, or just a plain old spatula.
8. 8
   Once whipped, pop it in an icing bag with whichever tip you like and frost away. I sprinkled cotton candy sprinkles on the cupcake!