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I like cupcakes.
Sometimes I want a cupcake. Stat.
….without having 11 leftover from the batch!
Soooooo I considered it my lucky day when I stumbled upon Jessica’s one bowl vanilla cupcakes for 2. that’s right. one bowl. two cupcakes. easy peasy.
These vanilla cupcakes are absolutely perfect! Sweet, buttery, soft, fluffy and full of rich vanilla flavor. Perfect for sharing! You can have fun with these and add any goodies into the batter like chocolate chips, funfetti sprinkles, etc.
I left mine plain inside but went to town with the sprinkles on top. 
Vanilla Cupcakes for Two
makes 2 cupcakes
- 1 egg white
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon milk (I used vanilla almond milk)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (I used white whole wheat flour)
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- frosting (I used storebought – you could also use leftovers from my homemade fluffy vanilla buttercream)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with 2 liners.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the egg white and sugar until combined.
- Stir in the vanilla, melted butter, and milk. Add flour and baking powder and mix everything together well.
- Divide the batter between two cupcake liners and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool completely and frost/decorate as desired.
adapted from how sweet it is
ps: want more tiny recipes making only 1 or two servings?
1 Giant Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cookie
Single Serving Chocolate Chip Muffin (whole wheat, low fat)
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oh my, your entire blog looks delicious! Would almost be dangerous for me to keep browsing – cupcakes, choco pretzels, yummmm!
thank you Jamie!
Forget the cupcakes, I’ll just take the whole bowl of sprinkles! But seriously Sally, the cupcakes look delicious – perfectly fluffy and moist. I loved this recipe when I made it myself, too. Thanks for sharing!
oh man i adore sprinkles too! thanks georgia.
This is a perfect cupcake recipe for us…so adorable with colourful sprinkles.
Love pretzel bites!
thanks Angie!
Love the cupcakes!! I made these for Valentine’s Day and they are delicious!
thanks Erin! i’ll be making them time and time again, love the 2 serving recipe.
I’m so glad I found your recipe! Usually if I’m craving a cupcake I’ll make a whole batch, and after satisfying my craving with one, the rest of them sit there begging me to eat them! I can’t wait to try it out, thanks for sharing
-Danielle
daniellepowell.blogspot.com
thanks Danielle! i know, i love this little 2 serving recipe!
What a great idea for people like me who know if they made 12 cupcakes they’d eat every one.
thanks Maureen! yes, i definitely don’t need 11 cupcakes lying around my kitchen…
I think I love you for these! Having the ability to make only 2 cupcakes instead of an entire batch rocks! It could also be quite dangerous – I could see myself making them at all times of the day and night. Tee-hee. One for me, one for you!
haha thanks Reeni! these were SO quick and easy, I could see myself making this recipe all the time. kind of negates the whole point!
Cute! I buzzed you! =)
thank you!
Yummy Cupcakes! Love the sprinkles, super cute.
Cute cupcakes – and love that since there are only 2, you can’t go overboard! But the frosting and sprinkles make it such an adorable treat
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Latest: Lemon Meringue Tart
can’t go wrong with frosting and sprinkles
Ah, this is great!! I won’t get that guilty feeling anymore after staring at what, 24 cupcakes? 2 cupcakes, that’s the stuff! Thanks for this, btw. What kind of icing did you use btw?
I actually used betty crocker vanilla icing – the storebought kind. Everyone loves a shortcut!
I came across your site and this fantastic recipe at JUST the right time! I needed something special for dinner last night but, as there were just two of us, I didn’t want or need a huge cake or dozen cupcakes staring at me on the counter! These worked perfectly and I can’t wait to try more of your recipes! They all appeal to my never ending sweat tooth!
Hillary, so sweet of you! I LOVE these cupcakes… sometimes I can’t believe how EASY they are! I’m brainstorming ideas on how to make chocolate cupcakes just like it.
I absolutely LOVE that you recipes for two. I often will forgo baking something just because I know I alone will end up eating the “extras”. This is so helpful!
Thank you SO much! I hate having too many tempting extras around, so single serve/two serving recipes! Thank you so much.
Lovely recipe
Only had a few ingredients in the pantry, so this recipe was perfect. Made it for my folks for dessert and they adored it!
i’m so glad to hear that! i’ve been meaning to make these again. perfect for a night when you’re craving a cupcake and need just ONE fast.
So I tried this recipe and followed it exactly. I also measured very precisely yet my batter was very thin with clumps of flour that it tried to get out. After baking about 12 min I took them out and they were very heavy and spongy and kind of disgusting. Any ideas what went wrong?
Hi Megan – that’s very strange, I’ve never received this feedback before on this recipe. Since I was not there, I cannot be entirely sure what went wrong. Did you stir the batter long enough to get out the clumps? Sorry!
Yes, I stirred the batter until most of the clumps were out but it was still definitely the wrong consistency. I noticed that no one else seemed to have problems but then I went to the source you linked (how sweet it is) and some of those commenters had similar problems but no one ever figured out what when wrong :/.
I’d love to put a little spin on this and make them into hummingbird cupcakes! I’m going to attempt that later this week. Thanks for the recipe!
adore hummingbird cupcakes! You have to let me know how they turn out, Stacy. Lovely idea!
Alright well! I’ve tried the hummingbird cupcakes now. I took out the vanilla and a tablespoon of sugar from this recipe, then put in a packet of stevia, 1/4 of a banana, just a little bit of pecans I crushed up, and a slice of pineapple I cut into much smaller pieces (that was the only thing I had on hand at the time). The batter was really liquid-y so I just added flour until it seemed right. Baked for 20-25 minutes – the taste was really good! but…the cupcakes stuck to the liners. Other than that, I’d say it was a pretty good experiment.
LOVING your experiment Stacy! Perhaps the sliced pineapple released their sticky juices a tad too much. I love hummingbird cake/cupcakes. Thanks for reporting back Stacy.
I’d like to try these for my wedding anniversary, but in a wedding cake version. Do you think it would work if I switched out the vanilla extract for almond extract? Any other ideas to make them more like wedding cake?
Hi Patricia. What kind of wedding cake? Yes, you may switch out for the almond.
I want to make it like the traditional almond cake style of wedding cake.
how much yogurt can i use because my friend cant eat eggs?
Hi. I soooo luv your website. Do you think this could work as a “cake in a mug” recipe for the microwave?
I’m glad you love my website! I am not sure if this would work in the microwave. Without trying it myself, I can’t tell you one way or another. Let us know how it goes!
Thinking of taking it up to 3 cupcakes. Should I add in another egg white, half a white or just 1 ?
I suggest doubling the recipe and freezing the extra 4th cupcake.
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