Strawberry cupcakes with strawberry buttercream

Ingredients

  1. Cupcakes
  2. 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  3. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  4. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  5. 1/2 becel olive oil margarine @ room temperature
  6. 1 cup white sugar
  7. 1 egg
  8. 2 egg whites
  9. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  10. 1/4 cup original almond milk
  11. 1 cup finely chopped strawberries
  12. Frosting
  13. 12 tablespoon becel olive oil margarine
  14. 2 cups powdered sugar
  15. 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
  16. 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps

  1. Pre-heat oven at 350F

  2. Mix sifted dry ingredients except sugar

  3. With a electric mixer on medium beat butter until light, slowly add sugar, on slow- add eggs, vanilla extract and milk

  4. Fold chopped strawberries

  5. Bake 18-20 mins, let cool

  6. For the frosting – using food processor or ninja blender puree frozen strawberries

  7. Beat butter until light and fluffy then gradually add sugar, add vanilla extract lastly add puréed strawberries – adjust according to taste or color.

  8. Let it cool in the fridge for half an hour or until cupcakes are completely cold. Pipe then add half fresh strawberry for decoration

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