How to make vanilla cupcakes with strawberry frosting
Make Vanilla Cupcakes With Strawberry Frosting
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INGREDIENTS
Cake Ingredients: - 1 1/2 cups of flour - 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon of salt - 1/2 cup of milk
Cake Ingredients continued... - 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract - 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter - 3/4 cup of sugar - 2 large eggs
Gather the Ingredients
In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside
In a liquid measuring cup, mix milk and vanilla extract and set aside
In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
Once fluffy, add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add half of the dry ingredients
Then add the whole milk mixture followed by the rest of the dry ingredients
Evenly divide the batter into a greased cupcake tin. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean when pressed in to the middle
Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting
Ingredients for frosting: - 8-oz. package of cream cheese, softened - 2/3 cup sugar, divided - 2/3 cup chopped strawberries
Frosting ingredients continued... - 1 drop of food coloring (optional) - 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream - 3 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar with an electric mixer until smooth
CHOP the strawberries to the desired size
Add strawberries to cream cheese mixture until strawberries are evenly coated
Combine heavy cream and lemon juice and whisk
Keep whisking until foamy. Add remaining sugar and whisk until soft peaks form
Fold in half the heavy cream mixture into the cream cheese mixture and whisk, then add in the rest of the heavy cream mixture
Begin frosting until the tops are covered
- Liquid Measuring Cup
- Dry Measuring Cups
- Multiple Sized Bowls
- Cupcake Tin
- Teaspoons and Tablespoons
- Whisk
- Electric Mixer
- Spoon and Butter Knife
- Sharp Knife
- Plates
- Cutting Board
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