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Strawberry Cupcake Recipe by Creative Team Member Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite//I have been on the hunt for the perfect fresh strawberry cupcake for years. It seems like almost every one I try has turned out dense, sunken, or dry. Luckily I never gave up and found a recipe that was intriguing enough for me to give it another try! These little cakes are to DIE for amazing. Light, moist, and full of strawberry flavor. I think the secret is keeping your berries diced nice and small. It spreads them out and keeps t hem from sinking to the bottom of the cake. 
Strawberry Cupcakes 2-3/4 C. flour 1 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 C. butter, at room temperature 2-1/4 C. sugar 1-1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract 3 large eggs plus 1 large egg white 1 cup buttermilk 2½ cups finely diced strawberries Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line two muffin tins with paper liners and set aside. Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add your vanilla and eggs + white, one at a time. Mix until fully incorporated. Slowly stir in the flour mixture and buttermilk. Fold in the strawberries. Fill each cup 3/4 full with batter. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely then top with your favorite frosting! 
Super simple, and delicious! I topped mine with a Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream that is out of this world amazing! The flavor of the cake combined with the silky frosting is perfection. Great for a sweet snack on these warm summer nights. The great thing about this recipe is how easily you can change the flavor! Substitute the strawberries for blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries!
Here are some more fabulous recipes created by Jesseca…
chicken, corn tomato pasta salad, easy stuffed peppers, tom + chee inpsired grilled cheese
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Jo-Anna says These look ah-mazing! Cupcakes + Strawberries = Love 🙂
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These look amazing!! I love anything strawberry. Especially when a cupcake is involved!
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Strawberries are good in anything & these cupcakes look delicious!
Seriously everything that Jesseca makes has me drooling!
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Mmm I had a two die for strawberry cupcake from cupcake chic and these look just as good. I can't wait to try these out!
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- Stephanie says
mmm… I've never heard of meringue buttercream, but it sounds amazing!
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- Chef Mariah says
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much!
I tried this out, It was absolutely AMAZING!
Even its matching frosting!I may have spent a fortune though…
Tips for users:
€16 for strawberry grenadine syrup
€12 for other ingredients
Total: € 28.00 and moreBut it was TOTALLY WORTH IT!
I doubled the ingredients and made 55.
They stayed moist for two whole nights!
Thanks to this recipe, I won my cupcake competition! <3LOTS OF LOVE,
MARIAH RUGGIER<3Reply
These don't look to hard at all!
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- Yvonne says
Those sound so wonderful and light!! I wish I could make them RIGHT NOW.
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- Paula@SweetPea says
These look delicious!
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- Kathleen says
Oh man, these look fantastic! I think I will make them the next time we are feeding other people. That way I don't eat them all.
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- Summer says
Oh these look so good!!!
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- Deena says
By "flour" do you mean all purpose flour?
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- Chef Mariah says
Yes.
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- Chef Mariah says
Because then you need to add the baking powder too.
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- Tif says
I had a small disaster. I think it is bc my butter didn’t cream well with the sugar. The cupcakes did not rise and it came out more like cobbler
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