About the bake
We use freeze dried strawberries (or try cherries or raspberries) to give these cupcakes a delicious natural flavour, but you could also use strawberry flavour in the icing if liked and omit the strawberries from the cake recipe.
Method
Step 1:
Heat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C, gas mark 4). Line a cupcake tin with 12 paper cupcake cases.
Step 2:
Crush the strawberries in a pestle and mortar until finely ground but not completely powdered.
Step 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 of the flour.
Step 4:
Divide the mixture into the cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and just firm to the touch.
Step 5:
To make the icing, place the remaining strawberries in a mixing bowl with the icing sugar, softened butter and a small drop of pink food colouring. Mix with a little hot water, if needed, to make a smooth icing.
Step 6:
Pipe a swirl of icing on top of each cake and top with a strawberry.
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 20g Strawberries (dried)
- 150g Butter (unsalted) (softened)
- 150g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) (whole, beaten)
- 150g Self-raising white flour
- 0.5 tsp Baking powder
For the icing
- 400g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 100g Butter (unsalted) (softened)
- Pink food colouring
- Strawberries (to decorate)
- 400g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- 12 hole cupcake tin
- 12 cupcake cases
- Pestle and mortar
- Mixing bowl
We'd love to know how it went?
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Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 20g Strawberries (dried)
- 150g Butter (unsalted) (softened)
- 150g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) (whole, beaten)
- 150g Self-raising white flour
- 0.5 tsp Baking powder
For the icing
- 400g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 100g Butter (unsalted) (softened)
- Pink food colouring
- Strawberries (to decorate)
- 400g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- 12 hole cupcake tin
- 12 cupcake cases
- Pestle and mortar
- Mixing bowl