Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Light and fluffy Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting are perfect for any day of the year. A vanilla sponge cupcake filled with fresh strawberries and topped with light buttercream frosting. What's not to like!
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 345kcal
Ingredients
For The Cupcakes:
- 1/2 Cup butter at room temperature
- 2/3 Cup granulated white sugar
- 3 eggs at room temperature
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 2 Teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch salt
- 1/4 Cup whole milk
- 1 Cup strawberries stems removed and cut into small pieces
- 1 tbsp plain flour
For The Buttercream Frosting:
- 2 Cups Icing sugar
- 1/2 Cup butter at room temperature
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon cream
- Food colouring if using
Decorating:
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Make the Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line or grease 12 muffins tins. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time and then vanilla.
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add about 1/2 of the flour to the batter and stir to incorporate. Then add the milk and stir in and then finally the remaining flour.
- Coat the strawberries in 1 tbsp of flour. Then fold the strawberries into the batter.
- Even fill the cupcake tins.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and leave to cool on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Remove from tin and leave to cool completely.
Make the Frosting:
- Make the frosting in the bowl of your electric mixer. Add the butter and beat until smooth. Whisk in the vanilla and then slowly start sifting in the icing sugar and whisking until you have reached the desired consistency. Add the milk and whisk. Last add the food colouring and whisk.
- You can pipe the frosting on the cupcakes or spread it on with a butter knife. Decorate how you like.
- Best served the day they are made but will keep up to two days in an airtight container.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Nutrition Facts
Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Amount Per Serving (1 cupcake)
Calories 345
Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 84mg28%
Sodium 225mg10%
Potassium 65mg2%
Carbohydrates 45g15%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 32g36%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 560IU11%
Vitamin C 7mg8%
Calcium 61mg6%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.