About the bake
These cupcakes are really something. These contain one of the Nation's favourite bubbly drinks, Prosecco. Teamed with strawberries, these cupcakes are truly luxurious and elegant. Treat your friends with these little wonderful treats!
Looking for more prosecco based bakes? Try our prosecco doughnuts or our 5 star reviewed strawberry prosecco cheesecake.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat your oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line a 12-hole muffin tin with lining cases
Step 2:
Cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one
at a time with a tablespoon of flour each time and beat well until combined. Fold
in the remaining flour and then gently mix in the prosecco to make a mixture
with a smooth dropping consistency.
Prosecco alternatives
If you'd rather add champagne instead of prosecco, you can do this.
Step 3:
Fill each cake case about 2/3 full. If you want to be really precise, each case will
have about 50g in it.Step 4:
Bake in your preheated oven for about 25 minutes until well risen and springy.
Step 5:
As soon as the cakes are out of the oven, remove the cakes from the tin and leave
them to cool on a rack in their cases.Step 6:
While the cakes are cooling soak your strawberries in the Prosecco. Make the
icing by whisking the butter, icing sugar, vanilla bean paste and milk until they
are smooth and combined. If you can, use a stand mixer for this and whisk for 5
whole minutes. The longer you whisk the softer and lighter the icing will
become.Step 7:
When the cakes are cool, cut a strawberry sized hole in the top and push in a
whole, soaked strawberry. Do this for all 12 cakes. Finally pipe or spread your
buttercream onto each cake.Toppings
You can top these further with some freeze dried strawberries if you have them.
Step 8:
Serve soon as the strawberries will make the cake damp inside.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 175g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 175g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 175g Self Raising Flour
- 2 tbsp Prosecco
For the filling and icing
- 12 whole Strawberries
- 150ml Prosecco
- 375g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 150g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
- 2 tbsp Milk
Utensils
- Whisk
- Cupcake case
Recipe Reviews
Hi,
Would rosé work rather then Prosecco, and still taste equally as good?
Hello,
We have not tried the recipe with rosé, but I am sure it would taste yummy, might want to try a fizzy rosé?
Happy Baking!
My daughter made these today for the first time and they turned out delicious
The recipe is easy to follow and the cakes are delicious!
Easy to make and definitely Delicious. I made mine the day I was going to serve them with Freshly picked strawberries from the local farmer! Fabulous!
Would they be okay if I made them in the evening and then served them the next day?
Hi,
The cupcakes will be fine to be prepared the evening in advance of when you are planning to serve. Make sure that you store them in cool, dry place.
Happy Baking
The Baking Mad Team
My Family and I absolutely loved these cupcakes, they turned out perfect! They great for family days in the garden, picnics and celebrations! We had them to celebrate the royal wedding! The sponge was soft and moist ! Just fab , personally I would of put a little more champagne in them.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 175g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 175g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 175g Self Raising Flour
- 2 tbsp Prosecco
For the filling and icing
- 12 whole Strawberries
- 150ml Prosecco
- 375g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 150g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
- 2 tbsp Milk
Utensils
- Whisk
- Cupcake case