Kids will coming running to sample these mini Strawberry Cupcakes, topped with fresh strawberries.
Strawberry Cupcakes
2015-03-12 02:59:57
Yield: 2 dozen mini cupcakes • Preparation: 30 minutes • Bake: 12 to 18 minutes
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups cake flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons strawberry preserves
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Red paste food coloring
- ¼ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 1 recipe Strawberry Icing (recipe follows)
- Garnish: strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Line a (24-well) mini muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter and sugar at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, approximately 4 minutes. Add preserves and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add vanilla and enough food coloring to achieve desired color.
- With mixer at lowest speed, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Divide batter evenly among prepared wells of pan.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 12 to 18 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
- Place Strawberry Icing in a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip. Pipe icing onto each cupcake.
- Garnish with strawberries, if desired.
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Strawberry Icing
2015-03-13 00:04:49
Yield: approximately 1½ cups • Preparation: 6 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons strawberry preserves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In the bowl of a mixer, beat cream cheese and butter at medium-high speed until well combined and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add strawberry preserves and vanilla, beating until well combined. Add confectioners’ sugar and salt, beating until icing is uniform. Use immediately.
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From TeaTime March/April 2011
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I used to have a subscription to Tea Time Magazine and loved every minute. I would get the magazine relax on the rear porch with a cup of tea. Today I decided to make the strawberry cupcakes for my birthday treat. They are delicious so much so I am going to renew my subscription.