Recipe: Delicious Strawberry Orange Cupcakes

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Topped with flavorful strawberry buttercream, this is the best strawberry cupcake recipe around! Imagine a light and buttery vanilla cupcake filled with chunks of fresh strawberries. Orange cupcakes are the perfect summer treat! You can have Strawberry Orange Cupcakes using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Strawberry Orange Cupcakes

1. Prepare of For Cupcakes.
2. It's 1.5 cups of all purpose flour.
3. It's 1/2 cup of strawberry puree (store brought or homemade).
4. Prepare of Zest of 1 orange.
5. Prepare 2 teaspoon of baking powder.
6. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
7. Prepare 2 of eggs.
8. It's 1 cup of sugar.
9. You need 1 cup of soft unsalted butter.
10. It's 1 cup of milk.
11. Prepare of For Icing.
12. You need 1 cup of heavy whipping cream.
13. It's 1 drop of orange food colouring.
14. Prepare 1/4 cup of orange juice.
15. It's 2 tbsp of powdered sugar.
16. You need of Strawberries for toppings optional.

They are made with a vanilla cupcake base, orange zest added to the cupcake batter, then topped with an orange cream frosting that is packed with zesty orange flavor! One of my favorite things to bake is cupcakes. These turned out to be delicious muffins but definately NOT cupcakes. It's my own fault for trying a new recipe the day of the party but now I must go buy some cupcakes at the store because there isn't time to make any now.

Strawberry Orange Cupcakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 180 and line cupcakes molds.
2. Mix strawberry puree and milk in a bowl and keep it aside.
3. In a bowl, blend butter and sugar for 4-5 minutes.
4. Add egg and blend until pale and frothy.
5. Add orange zest and mix well.
6. Now gradually alternatively add dry ingredients and Strawberry mix and blend until well combined.
7. Pour batter into prepared cupcakes molds upto 2/3 level Bake for 18-20 minutes until done.
8. Allow to cool completely. You can prepare Orange butter cream or whipped cream frosting as per taste or skip frosting. I have used whipped cream as I like it more than butter cream.
9. In a large bowl, beat whipping cream and powdered sugar on medium speed until cream thickens.
10. Increase speed and blend to form stiff peaks. Add in orange juice and food colouring. Blend well. Refrigerate icing until ready to pipe. Frost cupcakes as desired.
11. Add strawberries on top and serve.

If you want strawberry muffins though. 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. And making them is nice and simple. How to Make Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes. There are really two main steps.