Always up for a challenge, I accepted the call to make a strong strawberry flavored cupcake… So, at my friend’s special request, here it is!
After trying a few but not being satisfied with the weak strawberry flavor, my friend challenged me to find a yummy strawberry cupcake recipe that she can use. After a few failed batches and lots of internet searching, I finally settled on doing my own conglomerate using one of my favorite vanilla cupcakes as a base and modifying from there. To send the strawberry flavor over the top, I made a rich strawberry frosting to swirl over each cupcake.
The secret ingredient? Freeze-dried strawberries! All the flavor, none of the watery strawberry goo that messes with the texture! If you’re not familiar with freeze-dried strawberries, you can usually find them at Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s.
I was pleased with the results!
These Cupcakes are available at A Cupcake Co.
Those cupcakes look incredible
Thanks, Jenny! They tasted pretty good too.
i’ve been looking at all your cupcake recipes and they all look delicious! I just made my very first batch of cupcakes from scratch (ever!) and I have a question. How do you keep them from falling, and how do you keep all of your frostings from melting?
Keep those cupcakes coming!
Hey Erin! What recipe did you make? I’d love to check it out.
To answer your questions… Falling. I’ve only experienced this with a few scenarios 1) I didn’t measure my ingredients accurately so the leavening agents were ‘off’; 2) I opened the door too many times to look at them, causing heat to escape; 3) Didn’t bake them long enough, so the centers weren’t quite cooked all the way through.
As for melting frosting… Make sure the cupcake is completely cool – inside AND out – before frosting them. Any traces of heat will make it melt. If the frosting is just too gooey and runny, so it looks like it’s ‘melting’ off, add some more powdered sugar to the mix and make a more stiff frosting.
Hope this helps! Good luck on your next batch!
Adorable! I need to get some tools for cupcake decorating
Wow, your photos/cupcakes look beautiful!
Thanks, ericascime & yumtherapy!
I used Amy Sedaris’s vanilla cupcake recipe, it tasted delicious but maybe my baking powder is too old (wouldn’t doubt it!) you can find the recipe on epicurious.com.
Thanks for the tips! I’m bringing cupcakes to my friend’s daughter’s first birthday so I’ll let you know how they turn out!!
I looked at her recipe (love the comedy!) and there’s one change I might make (in addition to trying fresher baking powder). That is adding your baking powder and flour all at the same time. It might mean the powder could lump up or not fully incorporate into your cupcakes. I recommend sifting the flour and baking powder together and then adding them as one ingredient. If sifting is too much work, at least wisk them together by hand ferociously until they are fully combined.
Good luck on your next batch!
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I am definetly going to try this recipe. I have been dying to make some really good Strawberry cuplakes! After 2 tries of using the “Sprinkles” recipe, my cupcakes looked good at first. Butafter 30 minutes, a syrupy moisture oozed from them, making them really unappealing and messy. I think the freeze dried strawberries is the magic trick..thanks!
Lisa – Yes, the freeze dried strawberries are totally the key to getting flavor without the ‘goop’.