These Strawberry Cupcakes are perfectly sweet, pink and bursting with strawberry flavor. Fluffy strawberry flavored cupcakes are topped with strawberry buttercream for a delicious single-serving dessert!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time19 minutesmins
Additional Time20 minutesmins
Total Time59 minutesmins
Course: Cupcake
Cuisine: American
Keyword: from scratch strawberry cupcakes, strawberry cupcake recipe
Begin by adding the freeze-dried strawberries to a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs. You may have some small bits and pieces, and that is perfectly fine. Set aside. (You should have about ½ cup of crumbs).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place liners in a standard-sized cupcake tin and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg whites with ¼ cup of the buttermilk. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine cake flour with baking powder and kosher salt. Whisk together and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with granulated sugar and strawberry crumbs. Scrape down sides of the bowl as needed and beat for about 2-3 minutes, until fully blended.
Beat in vanilla extract.
Add in the dry ingredients, slowly, just until combined. Slowly add in the egg mixture, beating until well blended (about 1 minute).
Finally, beat in the remaining buttermilk.
Spoon batter evenly into the prepared cupcake tin, filling about ½ full. Bake for 17-19 minutes until lightly browned and springs back when you touch it.
Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.
For the Frosting
In a food processor, pulse freeze dried strawberries until fine crumbs. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl with whisk attachment, beat butter for 2-3 minutes until pale in color (scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed).
Add in powdered sugar, 3 Tablespoons of milk, vanilla, and strawberry crumbs.
Beat an additional 2-3 minutes until well blended, and fluffy. Add in more milk if needed to achieve the consistency you want. Pipe onto cupcakes and decorate as desired.
Notes
Freeze Dried Strawberries- Various brands of the freeze dried strawberries result in various shades of color. They come in 1-ounce bags and can be found at most grocery stores as well as Walmart, Target, and amazon in the dried fruit aisles.
Storing. These cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature. (I wasn’t sure if you want to advise freezing the cupcake before frosting or go with the same instructions for freezing the cake here.)