This is a strawberries and cream cupcake recipe with strawberry purée and cream mixed into the cupcake batter then topped with strawberry buttercream frosting.
This recipe for strawberry cupcakes is deliciously sweet and creamy!
It’s light and reminds me a lot of a strawberry Frappuccino.
Strawberries and Cream Cupcake Ingredient
- Butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Large Eggs
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Strawberry Purée – I used strawberry purée from cocktail mixers, but homemade is also great!
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Pink Food Color
Strawberry Buttercream Ingredients
- Butter, softened
- Strawberry Purée
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Confectioners’ Sugar
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Pink Icing Gel or Food Color
Want more strawberry recipes?
- Bellinis
- Buttermilk Pancakes with Strawberry Compote
- Champagne Strawberry Margaritas
- Fresh Strawberry Pie
- Keto Strawberry Smoothie
- Pink Strawberry Soup
- Strawberry Milk
- Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles
How to Make Strawberry Cupcakes From Scratch
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cupcake tins with 24 cupcake liners.
- In a large mixing bowl or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, vanilla, and strawberry purée, mix well.
- Sift dry ingredients together. Then, begin alternating as you add the dry ingredients and heavy whipping cream to the bowl, mixing well after each addition.
- If you plan to use food coloring, mix it in now.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full, about 3 tablespoons. Bake in the oven for 16-18 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
How to Make Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter, heavy whipping cream, strawberry purée, and vanilla.
- Slowly add confectioners’ sugar. If too dry, add an additional tablespoon of heavy whipping cream. Add food color or icing gel if using it and mix well.
How to Decorate Strawberry Cupcakes
The cupcakes in my photos were decorated with Wilton’s 2A icing tip and I gave them a dome top.
If you’re interested in learning how to do the dome decoration, check out this video by Life, Love, and Sugar at the 0:42 second mark.
The video also includes other decorations if you’re looking for swirls made from star and round tips.
Try these other sweet treats!
- Champagne Cupcakes
- Cherry Chip Cupcakes
- Cherry Puff Pastry Turnovers
- Milk Chocolate Cupcakes
- Moist Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- Raspberry Cupcakes
- Snow Ice Cream
- The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes
Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes
Strawberries and cream cupcakes made with strawberry purée and cream and topped with sweet and creamy strawberry buttercream frosting.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 3 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Strawberry Purée - I used strawberry purée from cocktail mixers, but homemade is also great!
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 3-4 drops Pink Food Coloring, optional
Frosting
- 1 cup Butter, softened
- 3 tbsp Strawberry Purée
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 5 cups Confectioners’ Sugar
- 2 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2-3 drops Pink Icing Gel or Food Color, optional
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cupcake pans with 24 cupcake liners.
- In a large mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, vanilla, and strawberry purée, mix well. Sift dry ingredients together. Begin alternating adding the dry ingredients and heavy whipping cream to the bowl. Mix well. Add food color if using.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full. Bake in the oven for 16-18 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
Frosting
- In a large mixing bowl, add butter, heavy whipping cream, strawberry purée, and vanilla. Slowly add confectioners' sugar. If too dry, add an additional tablespoon of heavy whipping cream. Add food color or icing gel if using it.
- Frost fully cooled cupcakes.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 24 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 358Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 10gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 59mgSodium 264mgCarbohydrates 50gFiber 1gSugar 40gProtein 2g
Nutrition is not always accurate and products used in the recipe may differ from local ingredients available to you.
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