Easy Strawberry Cupcakes With Fresh Strawberries

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Stephanie Gallagher
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Updated on 09/12/21
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Strawberry cupcakes recipe

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Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 22 mins
Cool Time: 30 mins
Total: 82 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
288 Calories
14g Fat
40g Carbs
3g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 12
Amount per serving
Calories 288
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14g 18%
Saturated Fat 8g 39%
Cholesterol 81mg 27%
Sodium 129mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 40g 14%
Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
Protein 3g
Calcium 45mg 3%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

These homemade strawberry cupcakes are made with fresh strawberries and no cake mix or jello. The result? Moist and tender delicacies that are bursting with fresh strawberry flavor. But what really makes these cupcakes stand out is their icing: a basic white frosting dotted with fresh strawberries.

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"These cupcakes are a delicious and flavorful variation on the standard vanilla. Once you create your strawberry puree, you use it as the liquid portion of the cake, translating your vanilla cake into a farm-fresh strawberry delight. Make sure the strawberries are completely dry before folding into the frosting." —Tracy Wilk

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Ingredients

  • For Strawberry Cupcakes
  • 2/3 to 1 cup fresh strawberries (washed and hulled)
  • 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 10 tablespoons butter (softened to room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • For Strawberry Cupcake Frosting
  • 1/2 cup butter (softened)
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 3 teaspoons milk
  • 1/2 cup fresh strawberries (chopped)

Steps to Make It

Note: while there are multiple steps to this recipe, this cupcake dessert is broken down into workable categories to help you better plan for preparation and baking.

Make the Strawberry Cupcakes

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Ingredients for strawberry cupcakes
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  2. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners or grease.

    Line a muffin tin
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  3. Place strawberries in a blender or food processor and purée until smooth. You will need enough strawberries to yield 1/2 cup strawberry puree.

    Place strawberries in a blender
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  4. Mix strawberry puree with milk and vanilla. Set aside.

    Mix with milk
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  5. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

    Flour, baking powder, and salt mixed in bowl
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  6. In a large bowl, cream butter for 1 minute.

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  7. Add sugar, beating well.

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  8. Beat in eggs.

    Eggs beaten in
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  9. Alternately add half the strawberry mixture, then half the flour mixture, into the wet mixture, mixing until blended.

    Strawberry mixture
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  10. Use an ice cream scoop to fill muffin tins.

    Mix in muffin tins
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  11. Bake 20 to 22 minutes.

    Baked cupcakes in tin
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  12. Cool strawberry cupcakes 10 minutes in muffin tins, then transfer to wire racks to finish cooling.

Make Strawberry Frosting

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Ingredients for frosting
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  2. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.

    Beat butter and sugar in bowl
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  3. Add vanilla and 1 teaspoon of milk. If frosting is too thick, beat in another teaspoon or two of milk until icing reaches desired consistency.

    Add vanilla
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  4. Stir in chopped strawberries.

    Chopped strawberries added and stirred in
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  5. Frost completely cooled strawberry cupcakes with fresh strawberry icing.

    Cupcakes frosted completely
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  6. Serve and enjoy!