Strawberry Cupcakes

I don't have anything special to write in this post as I guess nothing special happened after I wrote my last post other than I was baking and cooking etc... it has been a very uneventfull days.

So I wil go straight to the recipe.

I got the idea of making this cupcake whe I saw these cupcakes in The Life nad Love of Grumby's Honeybunch , i went through the post and then read that as the cup cake was a bit densed she would tweak on flour etc next time when she makes.
And i coudn't wait till she did that so i searched in my cup cake book and found another recipe using strawberries.
Recipe from the book by Cupcakes Galore by Gail Wagman
So as you all guessed this goes for my which I am hosting here. You can find the details for the event here
Sending this also to FIC June which is hosted by Kamalinka at Dedicated to Janaki patti

You can make 15 cupcakes, I got 12 as i fully filled them up as I didn't want to use another tray ( lazy)

Ingridients:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar ( I added only half of this sugar as i didn't want the cake to be tto sweet)

2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking Soda

1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter milk
6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 tsp or less red food colouring ( optional)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fresh strawberries, cleaned and cut into small pieces

For the frosting.
1/2 cup of butter (1 stick), room temperature
8 oz of Philly cream cheese (1 package), room temperature
2 - 3 cups of powdered sugar
Few tbsp of strawberry syrup from Monin.

Moist and bursting with flavours

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar baking powder, baking soda, salt and set aside.

2. In a another bowl, mix , buttermilk, melted butter,eggs and vanilla essence.
Add liguid ingridients to dry indridients and beat well with a wooden spoon.
Fold in the strawberries.

3. Spoon batter into cupcake paper, filling cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes or untill a tester inserted and it come out clean.
Remove from the oven and cool them before you frost.

For the frosting:
1 With an electric mixer, mix the butter and cream cheese together, about 3 minutes on medium speed until very smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even mixing.
2 Add the strawberry syrup and mix. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Keep adding until you get to desired sweetness.
3 Either spread on with a blunt knife or spatula, or spoon into a piping bag to decorate your cake or cupcake.