Olive Oil Cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes baked with olive oil and topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream frosting.

This is a adapted version from Lauren’s Olive Oil Cupcakes. Aside from your standard canola oil, I have only baked with coconut oil. Never olive oil. I was intrigued what they would be like and well, I adore cupcakes.

We LOVED these.

They are so good. Super simple to bake up and the olive oil gave them a delicious flavor. It also gave them a nice, golden brown color.

My only change was the frosting. Lauren’s was frosted with a vanilla-cream cheese buttercream. Mine are frosted with just a basic vanilla buttercream and topped with some fun sprinkles. A total winner and new family favorite.

Olive Oil Cupcakes

Erin Table for Seven

Vanilla cupcakes baked with olive oil and topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream frosting.

4.34 from 18 votes

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Prep Time 40 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12 cupcakes

Calories 379 kcal

Ingredients

  

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FOR CUPCAKES:

• 1 ¼ cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
• ¼ cup milk

FOR FROSTING:

• ½ cup 1 stick butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

 

FOR CUPCAKES:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12 count muffin pan or line with cupcake papers.
• In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, beat together sugar and olive oil. Add in eggs, milk, vanilla and yogurt. Beat until combined.
• Add flour mixture into sugar/egg mixture. Beat until combined.
• Pour evenly into prepared muffin pan.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cupcakes cool for 5-10 minutes in pan before removing. Then, let them cool completely before frosting.

FOR FROSTING:

• Beat together frosting ingredients until smooth.  Adding/subtracting to reach desired consistency.
• Frost on cooled cupcakes.

Nutrition

Calories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 160mgPotassium: 45mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 286IUCalcium: 41mgIron: 1mg

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