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Strawberry Cupcakes

Keyword Baking, Cupcakes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 125 g softened butter
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 150 ml milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 300 g plain flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 strawberries

Buttercream

  • 150 g strawberries
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 175 g butter softened
  • 600 g icing sugar sifted
  • strawberries

Instructions

Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to Gas 3/160C/140 fan assisted oven. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases. Place the butter in a large bowl and cream until soft. Add the sugar and beat until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
  • Whisk the eggs in a small bowl and gradually add them to the butter mixture, continually stirring. Next stir in the milk and vanilla then sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and gently fold to combine.
  • Cut up about 8 strawberries into small chunks and mix into the cake mixture. Equally divide the mixture between the muffin cases.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until well risen, slightly golden and springy when you touch them. Allow the cakes to cool for 5 minutes and then remove from the tin and place them on a wire rack so that they can cool completely.

Buttercream

  • Now make the icing. Place the lemon juice and strawberries into a blender and blitz for 1-2 minutes until smooth. Sieve the mixture into a bowl and set aside.
  • Using a cupcake corer, core out the middle of each cupcake and fill with strawberry jam. Then add the cored out sponge back into the top of the cupcake to hide the jam.
  • In another bowl, cream together the butter and icing sugar until well combined. Add this to the fruit puree and beat continually.
  • Using a palette knife or the back of a spoon, spread the icing onto the cupcakes and decorate with one berry on the top.