Our sweet Greta Mae turned one on December 19th & we had a strawberry themed sledding party for her. A lot of her little friends came over & we had a great time sledding & eating Strawberry Cupcakes! The original ("Strawberry Tea Cakes") recipe came from "125 cookies to bake, nibble & savor" by Elinor Klivuns. But I changed it, of course :) here is what I did:
Ingredients:
1 (16 oz) package of fresh strawberries, diced & tossed with 2 Tb of sugar
1 1/3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 large egg whites
1 c sugar
1/2 c canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 c sour cream
preheat oven to 350. line baking muffin tins with cupcake papers & spray with a non-stick spray. In a food processor, process the strawberry-sugar mixture until coarsely chopped.
set aside.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
Put the egg whites & sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer, mix on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Decrease speed to low & mix in the oil, vanilla and almond extract until the oil is incorporated. Rub any lumps out of the baking soda & gently mix the baking soda into the sour cream. Alternately stir (into the wet mixture in mixing bowl) the flour mixture & the sour cream mixture, starting and ending with the flour. just until incorporated. Gently fold in the strawberries.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full and bake for about 17 minutes
(turning once, halfway through baking time)
For frosting, I used the cream cheese frosting from the "lemon wedding cake" recipe on this blog. I filled a piping bag and piped stars on top of each cupcake. Then sprinkled with jimmies. I ordered a Do-It-Yourself "Strawberry Picnic" digital file from Dimpleprints on Etsy. The strawberry cupcake toppers are from there.
I think it was a"berry" cute strawberry cupcake party for a "berry" sweet one year old gal.
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