Strawberries & Cream Cupcakes

These pictures are compliments of Alexia, thanks for the great photos!

Happy Happy Birthday to my dear friend miss Amy Kaitlyn! She likes strawberries so much, I seem to often catch her eating strawberry frosting out of the can! haha...so strawberry and cream cupcakes it is! These are with vanilla buttercream frosting with some red food coloring. I decorated a few with big circular sprinkles, and a few with a dab of strawberry jam :)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
• 1 1/3 cups self-rising flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup coarsely pureed ripe strawberries
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 large eggs

-To decorate

• Strawberry Jam
• 1 batch of Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
• Sprinkles

Instructions for Strawberries & Cream Cupcake Batter:

1. Preheat the oven 350F and line 15-18 muffin pans with cupcake liners. 
2. In a food processor, puree the 4-6 strawberries coarsely. 
3. Mix the butter and sugar together first, then beat in the eggs, one by one, and then add the flour, baking powder, cornstarch, and pureed strawberries. 
4. Using a 1/4 cup measuring spoon, fill the lined muffin pan two-thirds full with the batter. 
5. Bake in the the oven for about 20-25 minutes. The cupcakes will be fairly moist even when cooked. 
6. Remove from the oven and allow the cupcakes to cool.
7. Once completely cool, carefully make a small hole in the center of each cupcakes and fill the hole with strawberry jam.
8. Decorate the cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting and sprinkles!

Cost: 

• 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar- $2.68 (4lbs.)
• 1 1/3 self-rising flour, sifted- $2.38 (5 lbs.)
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder-$1.06 (10 oz.)
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch-$0.72 (l6 oz.)~~$0.09
• 1/2 cup coarsely pureed ripe strawberries-$2.98 (32 oz.)~~ $0.37
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter-$1.66 ( for 4 sticks)~~ $0.83
• 4 large eggs-$ 2.10 ( for 18 eggs)~~ $0.46

Approximate Total Cost: $3-4 for 15-18 cupcakes

xoxo,

Amy