In search of a yellow cupcake recipe that would be good enough to satisfy the parents at a kids’ birthday party, we discovered that simply dumping flour, eggs, sugar, butter, and sour cream into a mixing bowl and mixing produced the desired result. A simple whipped ganache, made with just heavy cream and semisweet chocolate, proved to be the perfect topping for our yellow cupcake recipe. These cupcakes are best eaten the day they are made, but unfrosted extras will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. To double the recipe, use 3 whole eggs and 2 yolks, and double the remaining ingredients.
Doubled the recipe and used 8 inch cake pan. The first 15 minutes did not brown as much, so let it brown longer then reduced the temperature. Continued checking and cake did rise again and had a tiny crack. Reduced the second time since first was longer.