Vanilla cupcake recipe that makes school bake sales much easier

A dependable vanilla cupcake recipe will always come in handy.

School bake sale reminders tend to pop up when your week is already full.

That's usually when a dependable vanilla cupcake recipe earns its place in the kitchen.

It doesn't call for expensive ingredients or complicated techniques, yet it delivers the kind of light, fluffy cupcakes that can be dressed up for birthdays, packed into lunchboxes or topped with colourful icing for school events.

This basic recipe is also one of the easiest ways to build confidence if you're new to baking.