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Real Strawberry Cupcakes

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Real Strawberry Cupcakes

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Time

0 min

Serving

12 persons

Calories

295

Rating

4.00★ (178)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
Most strawberry cake recipes ask you to use artificially flavored gelatin. This one uses only uses fresh ingredients. Also makes a great cake!

Ingredients

  • strawberries: 8 piece (or as needed, fresh)
  • eggs: 2 piece
  • white sugar: 1 cup
  • vegetable oil: 0.33333 cup
  • vanilla extract: 0.5 tsp
  • lemon zest: 0.5 tsp
  • ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
  • baking powder: 2 tsp
  • salt: 0.25 tsp
  • instant vanilla pudding mix: 3 Tbsp (optional)
  • drop red food coloring: 1 piece (or as needed, optional)
  • cream cheese: 0.75 cup (softened)
  • butter: 2 Tbsp (softened)
  • confectioners' sugar: 0.5 cup
  • vanilla extract: 0.5 tsp
  • strawberries: 3 piece (sliced, fresh)

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  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray cupcake cups with cooking spray, or line with cupcake liners.
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  2. Place 8 strawberries into a blender, and blend until smooth. Pour the puree through a strainer to remove seeds. Puree should equal about 3/4 cup. Set the puree aside.
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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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