Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes - Valentine's Day Cupcake



These are my first strawberry cupcakes.
The original recipe has a Swiss Meringue Buttercream frosting.
I made several mistakes when I made this frosting.
I don't know why I failed making buttercream frosting.
But redeemed myself with the wrapping.
How does it look?  Not bad?

Ingredients

1 + 1/2 c   all purpose flour
1/4 c       cake flour
1 + 1/2 t   baking powder
1/2 t       salt
1/2 c       unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 c         sugar
2           eggs
3/4 t       vanilla extract
1/2 c       milk
1 c         chopped strawberries
            strawberries for garnish


Directions
Preheat oven to 350, line a 12 cupcake pan with paper liners, set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together flours, baking powder and salt, set aside.
With an electric mixer on medium-high speed cream together the sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy about 3 minutes.
Add the eggs one at a time and beat.
Add milk.
Reduce the mixer speed to low, add the flour mixture in two batches.
Use a rubber spatula to gently fold in the chopped strawberries.
Fill each cup 3/4 full.
Bake for 25-30 minutes and cool for 15 minutes.

Do you want to decorate the cupcake?
Spread or pipe the buttercream frosting on each cupcake.
I recommend Martha Stewart's Strawberry Meringue Buttercream.

Enjoy~

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