Sweet Strawberry Cupcakes from Sprinkles Cupcake Shop

"People wait in line for cupcakes from Sprinkles Cupcakes, a cupcake shop with a new store location in Palo Alto. Co-owner and pastry chef Candace Nelson shares a recipe for strawberry cupcakes."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 22mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Fill a 12 cup cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  • Add vanilla and strawberry puree to milk and set aside.
  • In standing mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
  • Slowly add egg and egg whites and mix on medium speed until blended.
  • With mixer on low speed, add half the flour mixture until just blended.
  • Add milk mixture and mix just until blended.
  • Add remaining flour mixture and mix just until blended. Scrape down bowl to make sure entire mixture is smooth.
  • Divide batter between 12 cupcake cups and bake for approx 22 minutes or until tops are just dry to the touch.
  • Frosting: Beat butter and salt on medium speed until light and fluffy.
  • Reduce speed and gradually add confectioner's sugar and beat until incorporated.
  • Add vanilla and strawberry puree and mix until blended. Do not overmix, or the frosting will incorporate too much air. The consistency should be dense and creamy, like ice-cream.

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Reviews

  1. Well...I haven't iced mine, yet...but I just tried one and while it tastes really yummy I can't see or taste any strawberry. I'll have to try again and use MORE strawberries.
     
  2. My 4 year old son and I made these today and they were great! It called for more ingredients than I wanted to work with, but it was well worth it! I didn't have frozen strawberries so I used the fresh I had on hand.
     
  3. This is for the cupcake only - which was yummy but totally did not taste anywhere near like a "sweet strawberry" cupcake. It had a nice, tight crumb and a great buttery taste but the strawberry taste was REALLY subtle. Plus, the quantity is off - I needed 18 cupcakes so I doubled the recipe and ended up with 36! Which means that 1 recipe would yield 18, not 12. I am saving this babies by adding in a homemade strawberry filling (and giving a butt load away! lol!)
     
  4. Deliscious! Cupcakes were very moist and not at all like muffins. The frosting was fabulous! It tasted like melted strawberry icing. I will be making these again.
     
  5. Made these for DD"s 3rd bday bc she wanted something pink. I loved that this recipe doesn't call for strawberry jello or strawberry jam but uses real strawberries. My cupcakes were ready at 19 min so keep a close eye on them when the bake, I thought the first batch that I baked for 21 min were over cooked. I ended up using 6 TBS of puree in the frosting to get the flavor that was right for us. I also added pink gel coloring to the cupcake and frosting.
     
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