Description

These strawberry cupcakes will be a favorite with the kids. You can even get them involved in making the cupcakes for some family fun. Makes 12.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of self raising flour
• 4 oz of unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup of caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 6 large rip strawberries
• 1 cup of icing sugar for icing
• 1-2 drops of pink food coloring
• 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350 ° F (180 ° C). Place paper patty cases in a 12 hole cupcake tin.
2. Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter, sugar, eggs, milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence and beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 2 minutes, until combined. Increase the speed of the electric mixer and beat for a further 3 minutes, until smooth.
3. Spoon the mixture evenly into the patty cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden browned and firm to touch.