Vanilla Cupcakes with honey-cinnamon frosting

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

I am still in search for the best vanilla cake recipe, and I can give this one 4 stars. I still didn't find the five star one, which I will keep searching for. 

Ingredients:

3 cups self-raising flour

1 1/4 caster sugar

200 g butter, room temperature

1 cup milk, room temperature

5 eggs, room temperature

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

Method (makes around 24-26 cupcakes):

• sift together flour and baking powder, set aside
• beat butter and sugar for 7 minutes, till light and fluffy
• add eggs, one by one while beating the mixture
• add milk and continue beating
• add self-raising flour, and fold with spoon
• bake for 25-30 minutes in a preheated oven (175 degrees)

Honey-cinnamon frosting (from Martha Stewart book-cupcakes):

2 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted

200 g butter, room temperature

2 tbs honey

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

with an electric mixture, beat all ingredients.

use mixture or refrigerate for up to 5 days

(the frosting has lovely flavour of honey and cinnamon, however, it was too sweet)