Strawberry Cupcakes

Name: Strawberry Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cup cake flour; 3/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened; 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 2 large egg whites; 1/3 cup fresh strawberry puree*; 1/4 cup buttermilk**; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 5 drops red food coloring (optional); 3/4 cup diced strawberries (dice into about 1/4-inch pieces); Diced and whole strawberries for topping (about 1 lb small strawberries)

8 steps

Prep:30minCook:25min

These cupcakes are very sweet and crumbly, they go well with a tart icing. I find that using a heaping helping of salt helps the flavor

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:06:03 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories209.8 kcal (10%)

Total Fat8.3 g (12%)

Carbs31.3 g (12%)

Sugars15.3 g (17%)

Protein3.1 g (6%)

Sodium166.8 mg (8%)

Fiber1.3 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

1 ⅔ cupcake flour

¾ tspbaking powder

¼ tspbaking soda

½ tspsalt

½ cupunsalted butter

softened

¾ cupgranulated sugar

⅓ cupstrawberry puree

fresh

¼ cupbuttermilk

½ tspvanilla extract

5 dropsred food coloring

optional

¾ cupstrawberries

diced, dice into about 1/4-inch pieces

1 lbstrawberries

Diced and whole, for topping

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

OvenPreheat

Step 2

Sift cake flour into a mixing bowl then add baking powder, baking soda and salt, whisk 20 seconds, set aside.

Sieve

Bowl

Step 3

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip butter and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy (occasionally stop and scrape down bowl throughout entire mixing process if not using a paddle attachment that constantly scrapes bowl).

Food ProcessorMix

Step 4

Mix in egg then mix in egg whites one at a time.

MixerMix

Bowl

Step 5

In liquid measuring cup used to measure buttermilk, whisk together the buttermilk, 1/3 cup strawberry puree and the vanilla extract.

Measuring cup

Whisk

Step 6

Working in three separate batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture, add 1/3 of the flour mixture (to the butter mixture) alternating with half of the buttermilk mixture and mixing just until combined after each addition.

Bowl

Wooden Spoon

Step 7

Fold in the 3/4 cup diced strawberries.

Knife

Step 8

Divide batter among 12 paper lined muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full (nearly 1/3 cup in each). Bake in preheated oven 20 - 23 minutes until toothpick inserted into center of cupcake comes out clean. Allow to cool in muffin tin several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.