Name: Yellow cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 160g unsalted butter, at room temperature; 225g sugar; 210g self-raising flour, sifted; 1 1/2 tsps baking powder; 1/4 tsp fine salt; 125ml milk, at room temperature; 3/4 tsp vanilla essence; 3 large eggs, at room temperature, separated; Cream cheese icing, recipe follows, or about 2 cups icing of your choice; Equipment: A twelve muffin pan; For cream cheese icing:; 225g cream cheese, at room temperature; 280g icing sugar; 2 tsps double cream, at room temperature; 3/4 tsp vanilla essence; 1/4 tsp grated orange zest; Colourful hundreds and thousands, to decorate