very vanilla cupcakes

Ingredients For very vanilla cupcakes

• 1 3/4 c

  cake flour(not self-rising)
• 1 1/4 c

  unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 c

  sugar
• 1 Tbsp

  baking powder
• 1 c

  salted butter, cut into cubes
• 4 lg

  eggs
• 1 c

  heavy cream or half and half
• 3-4 tsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 1

  vanilla bean
• 1 c

  salted butter, room temp
• 8 c

  powdered sugar
• 1/2 c

  cream or half and half
• 2 tsp

  pure vanilla extract