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Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream

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Martha Stewart Living, February 2009
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Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cake flour, (not self-rising)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups finely chopped strawberries, plus small strawberries for garnish
  • Strawberry Buttercream

Directions

  1. Make cupcakes as directed in Basic Cupcake How-To, using milk and vanilla for wet ingredients. Stir chopped strawberries into batter. Once cupcakes are cool, frost tops with strawberry buttercream. Frosted cupcakes will keep, covered and refrigerated, for up to 2 days. Top with a strawberry just before serving.

Recipe Reviews

  • Mints22
    21 Jan, 2012

    I really liked these cupcakes. However, the given frosting did not work at all. So I left them without frosting, and just called them "strawberry muffins." They were delicious!

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  • thibodeaut
    18 Oct, 2011

    awesome cupcakes! they tasted like strawberry shortcake and my coworkers absolutely loved them. I'll be sure to repeat this recipe again and again.
    I piped the buttercream into a peony-type flower shape using a rose tip and they looked quite nice! Check out my results here:
    http://pie2pi.blogspot.com/2011/10/strawberry-flower-cupcakes.html

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  • jmurray
    19 Sep, 2011

    Words cannot describe how fabulous this cupcake is! I made it for a party of 50 and it was a hit with EVERYONE. Supberly moist with a fabuilous fresh strawberry flavor. Buttercream was so beautiful I decided to just pipe it with a star tip and left it otherwise unadorned. This recipe is a keeper!

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  • RSayre
    17 Aug, 2011

    I made these cupcakes for work and I thought they were fantastic! Everyone loved them and they were all snatched up by the end of the day. The only thing I couldnt get to look like the picture in the book was the icing. I should have pureed the strawberries longer and whipped the icing longer to make it fluffier. Easy and quick though!

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  • LAngelica
    22 May, 2011

    These cupcakes came out okay. Was probably my fault though. I used unsweetened almond milk instead of whole milk. But I felt they were moist but hardy. Not fluffy. My friends loved them. But I recommend using milk. Maybe would have made a big difference.

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  • Camposjc
    22 Dec, 2010

    I made these cupcakes for my birthday party and got really bad feedback, they sucked

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  • bkcthree
    22 Jul, 2010

    below is what I used to substitute for cake flour.... at the Dizzy-dee site. I am in process of baking now I'll let ya know if it is not good :)

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  • pookmyster
    18 Jun, 2010

    Just use all purpose flour. Cake flour name brand swans down just sift the flour a few times

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  • Rivant
    19 May, 2010

    Hi, i really like your reacipe, it looks delicious, but it?Ǭ

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  • trufflegirl0987
    25 Jul, 2009

    This might be a bit late in response to your question stefaniap, but I've tried the cake recipe as a layer cake, and it worked really well. You shouldn't have a problem with it.

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  • stefaniap84
    25 Jun, 2009

    Hi I was wondering if I was able to use this mix as a cake mix rather then a cupcake mix, I am very intrested in trying this but I am not sure if I will have a problem?

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  • nimu
    12 Mar, 2009

    I am not a cake fan, but these are AMAZING!

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  • nimu
    12 Mar, 2009

    I am not a cake fan, but these are AMAZING!

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  • MelissaRae
    22 Feb, 2009

    These are SO good! You'll never be able to eat cupcakes made with artificial strawberry flavor again. Be sure to puree the strawberries for the buttercream very fine and add them in small batches. It's easy to end up with watery, useless frosting if you dump them all in at once. I used two blackberries and a raspberry as garnish since it was hard to find strawberries small enough.

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