We love celebrating birthdays in our house. My girls especially like to celebrate their teacher's birthdays so when one of our teachers had a birthday last month, I made some strawberry cupcakes. I have seen several blogs that have made these adorable roses on cakes and cupcakes. They appeared to be so daunting, but after looking at this blog, I realized I was being a big baby and they were really easy.
I could have also gone the easy route and made the cupcakes from a box mix, but I wanted up my game. I used this recipe that I found on the blog, Apron of Grace, that I had pinned a while back and I am so glad that I found it. It is a bit more work than just throwing it together from the box, but it is worth it. I actually had a small bag of frozen strawberries that I put in a saucepan and reduced down to a thick yummy juice. I smashed the strawberries with a fork and left them a bit on the chunky side. I also decided to skip adding the red food coloring which made by cupcakes a pale pink, which I loved. If you want a bright pink, then add the red food coloring.
I made enough cupcakes for all the teachers and students in the third grade. My kids loved the cupcakes and I was so glad that I tried something new. I will be decorating all kinds of cupcakes and cakes with this new rose technique. I think a beautiful cake decorated with all roses for Mother's Day would be so beautiful.
Enjoy!
Strawberry Cupcakes
{original recipe by Apron of Grace}
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 5 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- 1 1/4 cups pureed strawberries
- 3 cups cake flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- pinch salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
For the Frosting
- 1 - 8oz pkg cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup half and half/whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- 1 lb. powdered sugar
Instructions
For the Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake tin with liners.
- In a medium bowl, beat butter with sugar for 3 minutes.
- Add egg yolks one at a time, then the vanilla, food coloring and strawberries, beat for another 3 minutes.
- Sift dry ingredients and add to butter/egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients., mixing just till combined.
- In another bowl and clean beaters, beat egg whites till stiff and add in an increment of 3 to cake batter, being sure to fold in thoroughly but gently.
- Bake for 12 to 18 minutes for cupcakes and 20-25 minutes for 9 inch round cake pans.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.
- In a medium bowl, add cream cheese and butter, whip till light and creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Add liquids and blend.
- Slowly add powdered sugar while mixing.
- At this point you may need to add more powdered sugar. You are trying to achieve a medium stiff consistency. Whip for several minutes.
- Using a 1M tip, fill the pastry bag with frosting.
- To make your rose, start in the center, then slowly move your tip in a circle around the center point.
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