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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 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Cupcake, Gluten Free, Strawberry
Servings: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cup gluten free baking flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature (8 tablespoons)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 2 egg yolks room temperature
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream or yogurt I used light sour cream

Frosting Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of fresh strawberries caps cut and removed
  • 1 cup of unsalted butter room temperature (16 tablespoon)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cup confectioners sugar sifted

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.
  • Can be stored in refrigerator for several days

Notes

Store these devils in the refrigerator.