Yellow Cupcake with Real Strawberry Butter Frosting
Yellow Cupcake with Real Strawberry Butter Frosting is a delicious moist cake with a decadent fresh strawberry flavored frosting.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Cupcake, Gluten Free, Strawberry
Servings: 12cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients:
1 1/2cupgluten free baking flour
1 1/2teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2cupunsalted butterroom temperature (8 tablespoons)
1cupgranulated sugar
1large eggroom temperature
2egg yolksroom temperature
1 1/2teaspoonvanilla extract
1/2cupsour cream or yogurtI used light sour cream
Frosting Ingredients:
1cupof fresh strawberriescaps cut and removed
1cupof unsalted butterroom temperature (16 tablespoon)
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2 1/2cupconfectioners sugarsifted
Instructions
Cupcake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line 12 cup cupcake tin with liner and spray with baking spray. Set aside.
Add butter to mixing bowl and whip. Add sugar and combine.
Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
Add 1/2 of flour mix, combine.
Add 1/4 cup of sour cream, combine
Add remaining flour mix and then remaining sour cream.
Blend until just combined.
Place 1/4 cup of mix in each cup.
Bake for 22-25 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. When you can handle remove from pan and continue to cook on rack.
Frosting Directions:
Place strawberries in blender and puree.
Add strawberries to small saucepan and on medium heat, cook and stir for 20 minutes or until condensed in half. Allow to cool (I stuck pan in refrigerator)
In an electric mixer, whip butter until fluffy.
While mixer is running on low add 1 cup of confectioners sugar, vanilla and 2 tablespoon of puree.
Add an additional 1 cup of confectioners sugar and 2 tablespoon puree.
Add 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar and remaining puree. (1-2 tablespoon)
Stick frosting in refrigerator to firm up
When cupcakes are completely cooled pipe frosting generously on top of each cake.