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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
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 cupcakes
Calories 379 kcal

Ingredients
  

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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