Billington’s

Strawberry Cupcakes

Strawberry Cupcakes

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

We used freeze dried strawberries (or try cherries or raspberries too)  to give these cupcakes a delicious natural flavour, but use Strawberry flavour icing sugar in the icing if liked and omit the strawberries from the cake recipe.

Preparation Time 20 minutes
Baking Time 25 minutes
Portions 12
Skill Level Easy
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Strawberry Cupcakes Ingredients

20 grams freeze-dried strawberries (from healthysupplies.co.uk)
150 grams Butter softened
150 grams Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's) Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
3 Free Range Eggs beaten Free Range Eggs
150 grams Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly) Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
0.50 tsp Baking Powder
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Additional Ingredients

For the Icing:

400 grams Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown) Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown)
100 grams Butter unsalted, softened
Pink Food Colour (Silver Spoon Create) Pink Food Colour (Silver Spoon Create)
 

Further Additional Ingredients

For the Decoration:

Silver Balls
 

This recipe uses

  • Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
  • Free Range Eggs
  • Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
  • Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown)
  • Pink Food Colour (Silver Spoon Create)
  • Silver Balls

How to make Strawberry Cupcakes

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  1. Heat the oven to 180°C, 160°C Fan, Gas 4. Line a cup cake tin with 12 paper cupcake cases. method tip
  2. Crush the strawberries in a pestle and mortar until finely ground but not completely powdered. method tip
  3. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth, light and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs until the mixture is smooth. Add 15g of the strawberries and all the flour. Divide the mixture into the cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and just firm to the touch.
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  4. To make the icing, place the remaining strawberries in a mixing bowl with the icing sugar and softened butter, and mix with a little hot water, if needed, to make a smooth icing. method tip
  5. Pipe a swirl of buttercream on top of each cake and sprinkle with sugar baubles. method tip
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