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Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes

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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 17 minutes
Total Time: 37 minutes
Servings: 24
Author: Swah

Ingredients

Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes

  • 115 g butter (1 stick)
  • 300 g caster sugar (1⅓ cups)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 285 g cake flour (2¼ cups)
  • Pinch of salt
  • tsp baking powder
  • ¾ cup pureed strawberries fresh or frozen

Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing

  • 600 g sifted icing sugar (4-5 cups)
  • 60 g butter, room temperature (1/4 cup)
  • 250 g cream cheese, room temperature (8oz)
  • ½ cup pureed strawberries fresh or frozen

To Decorate

  • Edible wafer straws
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes

  • Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 24 muffin tins with cupcake papers.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat well.
  • In a separate bowl, sift together the cake flour, salt and baking powder.
  • Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternating with the pureed strawberries.
  • Fill cupcake liners about ¾ full with mixture and bake for 15-17 minutes until lightly golden brown.
  • Allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing

  • Cream the butter and icing sugar together until well mixed.
  • Add the cream cheese in cubes slowly until incorporated.
  • Add in the pureed strawberries and continue mixing for 5 minutes until the icing is light and fluffy.
  • Spoon the mixture into an icing bag with a nozzle attached and ice the cupcakes.

To Decorate

  • Scatter over pink sprinkles, and then stick an edible wafer straw in each cupcake (I could only find long ones, so I cut each one into thirds.