Best Cupcake with raisins

There are different raisin muffins, the recipes also differ slightly in the composition or amount of ingredients. This recipe is by no means new.

Ingredients

• Butter, softened - 150 g
• Sugar - ½ cup
• Vanilla sugar - 1 sachet (10 g)
• Egg yolks - 5 pcs.
• Salt - a pinch
• Cognac - 2 tbsp. l.
• Flour - 1 cup
• Soda (optional) - ½ tsp
• Raisins - 1 cup
• Powdered sugar

Directions

1. Rinse the raisins well with water, add 1 tbsp. l. cognac, mix and leave.
2. Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Beat butter with sugar (regular and vanilla) until fluffy, airy mass. Add the egg yolks (one at a time), continuing to beat the butter mixture, salt and 1 tbsp. l. cognac.
3. Add the flour and baking soda in batches, mixing each time until the dough is smooth. Sprinkle the raisins lightly with flour, shake and mix into the dough.
4. Put the dough into the form. Bake for about 1 hour. Sprinkle the finished cake with powdered sugar.