Homemade Strawberry Cupcakes

Strawberries are sweet and juicy and is a favourite fruit for home or commercial use as a theme for desserts. Shing wanted to make a cupcake for one of her best mate's birthday and so, what you see in photos are the final product. We also attach the recipe for sharing and hope you'll enjoy baking a lovely cupcake for your friends and loved ones to try :)

Strawberry and Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients(For 12 cupcakes):

For the Cupcake:

125g unsalted Butter, at room temperature
125g Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
125g Self Raising Flour
2 Tablespoons Milk (Whole or semi skimmed, not skimmed)
3-4 teaspoons of Strawberry Jam

For the Swiss Meringue Buttercream:

4 Egg Whites
250g Caster Sugar
250g unsalted Butter
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
4 Tablespoons seedless Strawberry Jam

For Decoration: 6 fresh strawberries, each halved

Preparation Method:

For the Cupcakes

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/Fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas Mark5.
2. Line a Muffin Pan with 12 paper cases.
3. Start by making the cupcakes. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
4. Add the eggs, flour and milk and beat until well combined and smooth.
5. Spoon the mixture evenly into the 12 paper cases.
6. Spoon a little jam onto each cake and, using a cocktail stick, swirl the jam into the batter.
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
8. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.

For the Swiss Meringue Buttercream

1. Place the egg whites and sugar in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir constantly to prevent the egg from cooking.
2. After 5-10 minutes, when the sugar has dissolved, remove the bowl from the pan of simmering water and whisk until the meringue has puffed up and the mix is cool.
3. Add the butter and vanilla to the meringue and whisk until the butter has been completely incorporated into the meringue.
4. At first, the meringue will collapse and look curdled, but don't worry. Stop when the mixing is smooth, light and fluffy.
5. Beat the jam into the buttercream.
6. Spoon the buttercream into a piping bag and swirl onto each cupcake.
7. Finish off with a half cut fresh strawberry.

And here's the final product!

Freshly baked out from the oven

The finished product!

Upclose and feeling really hungry looking at it hehe...

My verdict: The cupcake tastes really good as the texture and taste is perfect. I enjoyed the cupcake very much. If you do not like sweet creams then maybe try considering reducing the amount of caster sugar. Hope you guys will enjoy this recipe!