HOW TO BAKE A TASTY & AWARD-WINNING CUPCAKE

OUR EXPERT: BAKERY OWNER

HER RECIPE FOR OLD FASHIONEDPOUNDCAKE CUPCAKESIngredients 1 lb. unsalted butter 3 cups sugar 8 large eggs 1/4 cup milk 4 cups cake flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla dash of nutmeg Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.

Cream butter and sugar together in mixing bowl. Add eggs (one at a time) to butter mixture. Mix milk and vanilla together in a separate bowl.

Alternate adding the flour mixture and milk mixture to the creamed butter mixture. Beat in between each addition. Add nutmeg to batter. Mix batter for 30 seconds on high.

Place 20 liners in cup- cake pans. Pour batter into individual liners. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 28 minutes.

Cool on baking rack. Frost with your favorite buttercream. Enjoy!

Brown is a civil rights lawyer whoruns Philadelphia s Brown BettyDessert Boutique with her mother,Linda. Their cupcakes earnedthe "Best ofPhilly" stamp from Philadelphia magazine in 2006.She majored in history.