Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of this neat little site called Pinterest. It’s a great resource for everything; recipes, DIY ideas, housekeeping, sewing, gardening…pretty much anything under the sun. When I came across this pin for strawberry cupcakes, it was love at first site. I think it was the color of the cake and frosting that lured me, a gorgeous punchy pink color. I knew I had to make them.
Because of the addition of lots of fresh strawberry puree, the strawberry flavor really shines through. The cake was super moist, and a tad denser than most cupcake recipes I’ve tried. I changed a couple of things from the original recipe. First, I reduced the eggs to 3-since that’s what I had on hand (these boys have been putting away some eggs lately!). And second, because I’m lazy, I just added the eggs all at one time, and skipped beating the egg whites and folding in at the end. I suspect that they wouldn’t have been as dense if I had taken that extra step. But, hey, they were still delicious. And, one less dish, right? Make these to add a pop of color to a dreary winters day!
Strawberry Cupcakes
For the cake:
1 cup butter
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon red food coloring
1 & 1/4 cups pureed strawberries
3 cups cake flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch Salt
1 cup buttermilk
For the frosting:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temp
1/2 cup butter, room temp
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon red food coloring
1 lb. powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with liners and set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar for 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, then the vanilla, food coloring and strawberries, beat for another 3 minutes.
Sift dry ingredients and add to butter/egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
Fill cupcake tins 2/3 of the way up. Bake for 18 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Let sit for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
For the frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until light and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add liquids and blend. Slowly add powdered sugar while mixing on low. At this point you may need to add more powdered sugar. You are trying to achieve a medium stiff consistency. Whip for several minutes. Frost cupcakes as desired.
Source: adapted from Apron of Grace
12 Comments
Laura, they look fab! I actually have updated the recipe to 2 egg yolks and 5 egg whites now because they were a bit dense for readers.
I posted the recipe as a trial and error because there is no recipes online for a pure strawberry cake, so enjoy seeing you ladies tweak at will and see what you come up with:)
Have a blessed day!
Fantastic color! Looks awesome!
These look so delectable! I love that they have real strawberries in the batter rather than jell-o!
ohhhh red red red..love it…and love pinterest too!
I love the colours – so vibrant and PINK! Perfect for Valentine’s day. I can’t wait to try them.
The vibrant pinkish-red is so amazingly pretty! I am a cupcake fan and cannot resist trying out something as beautiful as what i am seeing in your post. A must try! Definitely. Thanks!
Love the colour and all things strawberry! These truly look beautiful
We love the pink on pink! It looks so appealing! Perfect for valentines day- or if you made it red-Christmas!
How many cupcakes does this make???
About 36, Kristine.
My strawberry cupcakes turned out great! I loved that the strawberries were pureed, other strawberry cakes I have made try to mix the fruit pieces into the batter which usually ends up with soggy bits – ick!
I tried to use the icing as listed, but I really couldn’t just put pink cream cheese icing on them. I was tired, not sure what I was doing, but I decided to slip a few dashes of strawberry Jello powder in too. It was just a little, so they ended up tasting kind of like lightly flavored strawberry milk! Will make these again!
Hello! I found you thru the Turnips 2 Tangerines Blog Hop! These cupcakes are beautiful! Great job!
Have a Sweet Day!
Heather
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