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Strawberry cupcakes

• Adam Bush

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Makes 12

Easy

Total time: 45 mins

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These dainty strawberry cupcakes stay perfectly moist thanks to chopped fresh strawberries folded into the sponge. Perfect for afternoon tea or a summer bake sale

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Bake a batch of these strawberry cupcakes, then check out our strawberry cake, strawberry cheesecake, strawberry tart and more strawberry recipes.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

• 100g salted butter

  softened

• 100g golden caster sugar

• 2 eggs

  room temperature

• 100g self-raising flour

• ¼ tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract

• ½ tsp baking powder

• 100g strawberries

  hulled and finely chopped, plus six, halved, to decorate

• a splash (if needed) whole milk

ICING

• 3 tbsp freeze-dried strawberries

• 150g butter

  softened

• 250g icing sugar

• a splash (if needed) whole milk

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal326
• fat18.3g
• saturates11.2g
• carbs37.2g
• sugars30.7g
• fibre1g
• protein2.5g
• salt0.5g

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Method

• step 1

  Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases. Beat the butter and caster sugar in a large bowl using electric beaters for a couple of minutes or until it turns pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, along with 1 tbsp of the flour with each egg, and beat for 1 minute between each addition. Beat in the vanilla.

  

• step 2

  Tip in half of the remaining flour with the baking powder and a pinch of salt. Use a large metal spoon to gently fold it in, being careful not to knock out any air.

  

• step 3

  Fold in the remaining flour and the chopped strawberries. The mixture should drop off the spoon easily – if not, add 1 tbsp of milk and gently fold again.

  

• step 4

  Divide the mixture equally between the cases and bake for 10-12 minutes or until risen, golden and a skewer poked into the centres comes out clean. Put on a wire rack to cool completely.

  

• step 5

  Put the freeze-dried strawberries in a blender and whizz to a rough powder.

  

• step 6

  Whizz the butter using an electric whisk until light and fluffy, then add the icing sugar, a spoonful at a time, whisking well between each addition.

  

• step 7

  Stir in the strawberry powder and add a splash of milk if it’s a little thick.

  

• step 8

  Spoon onto the cupcakes, or use a piping bag to pipe the icing onto each, then top each cupcake with a strawberry half. Will keep for two days in an airtight container (without the strawberry halves).

  

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Authors

Adam BushDeputy food editor

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