Real Strawberry Cupcakes

Name: Real Strawberry Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 Tbsps butter, softened; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 177 milliliters cream cheese, softened; 2 eggs; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons lemon zest; 0 teaspoons salt; 3 larges fresh strawberries, sliced; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters vegetable oil; 237 milliliters white sugar

Real Strawberry Cupcakes is an American recipe that serves 12. One serving contains 271 calories, 3g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Mother's Day. If you have flour, cream cheese, strawberries, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray cupcake cups with cooking spray, or line with cupcake liners.

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Cooking Spray

Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Place 8 strawberries into a blender, and blend until smooth.

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Strawberries

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Blender

Pour the puree through a strainer to remove seeds. Puree should equal about 3/4 cup. Set the puree aside.

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Seeds

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Sieve

In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, white sugar, vegetable oil, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, lemon zest, and strawberry puree until well combined. Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla pudding mix (for a moister cupcake), and red food coloring to reach a desired shade of pink. Spoon the batter into the prepared cupcake cups, filling each about 2/3 full.

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Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix

Red Food Color

Strawberry Puree

Vanilla Extract

Baking Powder

Vegetable Oil

Granulated Sugar

Lemon Zest

Cupcakes

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

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Muffin Liners

Bowl

Bake in the preheated oven until the cupcakes have risen and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 23 minutes. Allow the cupcakes to cool at least 10 minutes before frosting.

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Cupcakes

Frosting

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Toothpicks

Oven

To make frosting, beat cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until smooth, and mix in confectioners' sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract to make a lump-free icing. Frost each cupcake with about 2 tablespoons of icing, and top each cupcake with a strawberry slice.

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Powdered Sugar