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Strawberry CupCakes

These cupcakes are easy to make and just melt in your mouth.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Baking
Keyword: Strawberry Cupcakes
Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 125 g Sugar
  • 125 ml Milk
  • 100 ml Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Red Food Colour
  • 100 ml Strawberry Puree
  • 15 g Baking Powder
  • 200 g Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Vinegar

FROSTING

  • 250 ml Whipping Cream
  • 4 tbsp Icing Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Strawberry Puree

Instructions

  • For CupCakes
  • Preheat the oven to 350F(176°C) —line muffin pans with cupcake liners.
  • Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk egg, sugar and vanilla extract together until well combined.
  • Add the oil, milk, strawberry puree, food colour and whisk together until well combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients and whisk together until combined, but do not over mix.
  • Fill the cupcake liners more than half full and bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes clean.
  • Remove the cupcakes from the oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.

How to make puree

  • To make the strawberry puree. Add the strawberries to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
  • Add the puree to a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Allow the mixture to come to a slow boil, stirring consistently to keep it from burning, until it has thickened, about 10-15 minutes.

Frosting

    Place mixer bowl and whisk in freezer for at least 20 minutes to chill

    • Pour heavy whipping cream, sugar into the cold bowl and whisk on high speed until medium to stiff peaks form, about 1 minute. Do not overbeat.
    • Add the strawberry puree and whisk for more than 2 minutes.