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.

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Yield: 12 cupcakes

Olive Oil Cupcakes

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

Prep Time 40 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

FOR CUPCAKES:

• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6 TBSP olive oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup milk

FOR FROSTING:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 TBSP vanilla
• 1-2 TBSP milk

Instructions

FOR CUPCAKES:

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

FOR FROSTING:

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

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 301Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 108mgCarbohydrates: 55gFiber: 0gSugar: 44gProtein: 3g

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