Recipe of Strawberry Brownies From Scratch With Real Strawberries

Real Strawberry Cupcakes

Chocolate brownies are covered with cream cheese frosting and topped with fresh strawberry chunks and some melted chocolate!

Recipe Summary Real Strawberry Cupcakes

Most strawberry cake recipes ask you to use artificially flavored gelatin. This one uses only uses fresh ingredients. Also makes a great cake!

Ingredients | Strawberry Brownies From Scratch With Real Strawberries

8 large fresh strawberries, or as needed

2 eggs

1 cup white sugar

⅓ cup vegetable oil

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon lemon zest

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix (Optional)

1 drop red food coloring, or as needed (Optional)

¾ cup cream cheese, softened

2 tablespoons butter, softened

½ cup confectioners' sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

3 large fresh strawberries, sliced

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray cupcake cups with cooking spray, or line with cupcake liners.

Place 8 strawberries into a blender, and blend until smooth. Pour the puree through a strainer to remove seeds. Puree should equal about 3/4 cup. Set the puree aside.

In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, white sugar, vegetable oil, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, lemon zest, and strawberry puree until well combined. Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla pudding mix (for a moister cupcake), and red food coloring to reach a desired shade of pink. Spoon the batter into the prepared cupcake cups, filling each about 2/3 full.

Bake in the preheated oven until the cupcakes have risen and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 23 minutes. Allow the cupcakes to cool at least 10 minutes before frosting.

To make frosting, beat cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until smooth, and mix in confectioners' sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract to make a lump-free icing. Frost each cupcake with about 2 tablespoons of icing, and top each cupcake with a strawberry slice.

Info | Strawberry Brownies From Scratch With Real Strawberries

prep: 40 mins cook: 25 mins additional: 10 mins total: 1 hr 15 mins Servings: 12 Yield: 12 cupcakes

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