Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting

Name: Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American, low-calorie American
Ingredients: 120 g soft butter; 60 g sugar; 120 g cream cheese; 150 g powdered sugar; fresh strawberries (for garnish); 175 g flour; 40 g ground almonds; 0.5 tsp Baking powder

Prep: 20min

| Servings: 12 | Cook: 25min

Cupcakes with strawberry frosting is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the Cupcakes category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

120 g soft butter
60 g sugar
120 g cream cheese
150 g powdered sugar
fresh strawberries (for garnish)
175 g flour
40 g ground almonds
0.5 tsp Baking powder

Instructions

1.
Preheat the oven to 180°C fan-forced. Line a muffin tin with paper cups.
2.
Wash, clean and finely chop the strawberries for the cupcakes. Beat the butter with sugar until fluffy. Whisk in eggs, lime juice and zest, then fold in flour, almonds and baking powder. Mix well, stir in 200 g strawberries, fill the cups and bake for about 25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool.
3.
For the frosting puree the remaining strawberries with a hand blender. Beat butter with sugar until creamy, add strawberry puree and cream cheese. Gradually fold in powdered sugar until a piping‑ready consistency is achieved. Pipe onto cupcakes with a star tip and decorate with strawberries.