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Strawberry Cupcakes

Yields1 ServingPrep Time30 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time1 hr 15 mins

Celebrate the Irish strawberry season with this delicious Strawberry Cupcake recipe! It's the perfect recipe to use the best, juicy, Irish strawberries when they are available!

For the cupcakes
 150 g unsalted buttervery soft
 150 g caster sugar
 150 g self raising flour
 1 ½ tsp baking powder
 3 eggslightly beaten
 3 tbsp milk
 1 tsp vanilla extract
 113 g strawberries, calyx removed & diced1/2 punnet
For the strawberry coulis
 113 g strawberries, calyx removed1/2 punnet
 Squeeze of lemon juice
For the buttercream
 225 g unsalted buttersoftened
 375 g icing sugarsifted
 2 tsp vanilla extract
 ¼ tsp salt
 1 tbsp hot water
 Strawberry coulis
Extra strawberries to decorate
1

Pre-heat oven to 180°C / 160°C fan and line a muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners.

2

Place all of the ingredients except the strawberries into a large bowl then beat with an electric mixer just until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

3

Add the diced strawberries and fold through.

4

Spoon the batter evenly between the cupcake papers in the prepared muffin tin. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 25-28 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the centre of a cupcake comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes in the muffin tin, then remove cupcakes and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.

5

For the strawberry coulis, purée the strawberries in a blender then pour into a small saucepan. Add a squeeze of lemon juice then cook over medium heat until reduced by half. Stir often. Set aside to cool completely.

6

For the buttercream, beat the butter until smooth and light in colour. Add the icing sugar, vanilla, salt and hot water then beat on low speed until frosting becomes creamy. Add the cold strawberry coulis and mix well.

7

To decorate the cupcakes, fill a large piping bag with the strawberry buttercream fitted with a large piping tip of your choice (we used a star nozzle).

8

Pipe a swirl of buttercream on top of each cupcake then decorate with a strawberry half.