St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes
These
cupcakes are delicious! You can make virtually any cupcake you want and
decorate it according to your celebration. I made a strawberry cupcake
using fresh chopped strawberries and a cream cheese frosting. For the
shamrock shapes I just used Wilton's
green icing and used one of their
tips that fit right onto the tube. Easy and fun!
I love my, Crazy about Cupcakes
, cupcake book. I am inspired every time I look in it. These cupcakes came from this book...enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 stick butter and room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 fresh strawberries, sliced
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Insert liners into a medium cupcake pan.
In
a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer
on medium speed until fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time.
Beat well after each addition.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt
Add
the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternating with the milk.
Mix for 3 minutes. With a rubber spatula, fold in the vanilla and
strawberries.
Fill
the cupcake liners on e-half to three-quarters full. bake for 20
minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cupcakes comes
out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan.
Cream Cheese frosting:
2 3-oz. pkgs cream cheese
1 stick of butter, softened at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
beat
the ingredients in a mixer with the whisk attachment. Whip until
fluffy. Using a pastry bag and snipping the corner, you can pipe on your
icing. To make the shamrock, smooth with a knife, first to adorn your
art!
Labels: cupcakes, st. patrick's day, strawberry cupcakes
