Strawberry Cupcakes

We bought a bulk lot of strawberries, but they needed to be eaten quite quickly. The boys asked about strawberry cupcakes and this is what we came up with.

I wasn’t really sure how they would go, but they did taste quite good.

Strawberry Cupcakes

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Ingredients

  

• 100 g butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 3/4 cups strawberries pureed
• Icing
• 3 cups icing mixture
• 1/3 cup strawberries pureed
• 150 g softened butter

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 180C.
• Line muffin tray with cupcake papers and set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add the vanilla essence.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well in-between.
• Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl and stir until combined.
• Slowly add the milk and the strawberries and beat until well combined.
• Fill the cupcake containers until about 3/4 full and bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• To make the Icing, beat all the ingredients together until creamy.
• Pipe or spread the icing onto the cooled cupcakes and top with a piece of strawberry.

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