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Frosted strawberry cream cheese cupcake on marble board.
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4.60 from 10 votes

Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Strawberry cream cheese cupcakes - bursting with real strawberry flavor.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Total Time28 minutes
Course: Cupcake recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 186kcal
Author: Cheryl Bennett

Equipment

Ingredients

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour 60g
  • ½ cup cake flour 60g
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter room temp
  • 2 ounces cream cheese room temp / 57g
  • ⅔ cup sugar 130g
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup freeze-dried strawberry powder *measure after grinding to powder / 28g
  • ⅓ cup whole milk 75mL
  • ½ cup fresh strawberries diced very small / 120mL
  • Strawberry cream cheese frosting

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a cupcake pan (muffin pan) with 12 cupcake liners.
  • Using a food processor, grind freeze-dried strawberries into a fine powder, measure 1/3 cup strawberry powder and set aside. *You'll need about 1 ounce, or 28g of freeze-dried strawberries.
  • Sift flours, salt and baking powder into a small bowl and set aside.
  • Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar together for 5 minutes, until pale and fluffy. Add strawberry powder and beat until uniform.
  • Add egg, beat until fully incorporated. Then add vanilla and beat to combine again.
  • Add ½ of the flour, beat just until flour is mostly mixed in, then add milk and beat until milk is incorporated. Add remaining flour and mix just until you no longer see big pockets of flour.
  • Using a rubber spatula, fold in fresh strawberries, making sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl. Fold the batter a few times to make sure everything is incorporated.
  • Fill cupcake papers ⅔ full and bake for 18 minutes, or when tester comes out with a few moist crumbs on it. *If your oven runs hot, check at 16 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
  • Frost cupcakes after they have cooled completely.

Notes

*If grinding the powder isn't an option, or you'd rather purchase it already in powder form, I've provided a link in recommended products.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 84mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 2mg