The simplest cup cake – a quick recipe for everyone

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The simplest cup cake – a quick recipe for everyone recept

Name: The simplest cup cake – a quick recipe for everyone
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup milk; ½ cup oil; 2 eggs; 1 packet baking powder; 1 packet vanilla sugar; butter and flour for greasing the pan

Easy to prepare
8 portions
10 minutes

Jan, 17. 12. 2025

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If you’re looking for a sweet dessert recipe that really anyone can make, this cup cake is an ideal choice. You don’t need a scale, just a simple cup and a few basic ingredients. The result is moist, fluffy and tastes great with or without fruit.

For 8 portions

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup milk
½ cup oil
2 eggs
1 packet baking powder
1 packet vanilla sugar

optional: fruit (e.g. strawberries, blueberries, apricots), cocoa or quark

butter and flour for greasing the pan

Preparation procedure

Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease the pan or baking tray with butter and dust with flour, or use parchment paper.
In a bowl mix the flour, sugar, vanilla sugar and baking powder.
Add the milk, oil and eggs and whisk into a smooth, lump-free batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. If you like, sprinkle the surface with fruit or divide the batter into two parts and add cocoa to one.
Bake for 30–40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar or spread with icing.

Preparation time and number of servings

Active time: approx. 10 minutes
Total time: approx. 40–45 minutes
Number of servings: 8–12

Conclusion

This simple cup cake is great proof that you don’t need complicated ingredients or weighing to prepare a tasty dessert. It’s quick, inexpensive and versatile – you can bake it just to have with tea or enrich it with fruit or quark for a more festive occasion. Bake it at home and you’ll find that one tray is never enough.