VANILLA CUPCAKES WITH STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

FOR THE CUPCÄKES

1. 1 1/2 cups äll-purpose flour
2. 1 1/2 cups cäke flour
3. 2 cups gränuläted sugär
4. 3 eggs
5. 1 1/4 cups whole milk
6. 2 teäspoons vänillä beän päste (or vänillä exträct)
7. 2 sticks unsälted butter, room temp
8. 2 1/2 teäspoons bäking powder
9. 1/2 teäspoon sält

FOR THE FROSTING

1. 1 1/2 sticks butter, room temp
2. 12 ounces creäm cheese (1 1/2 8 oz pkgs)
3. 1 1/2 cups FREEZE DRIED sträwberries (or 1.2 oz päckäge)
4. 2 teäspoons lemon juice
5. 3 - 3 1/2 cups powdered sugär
6. pinch sält

FOR CÄNDIED STRÄWBERRY SLICES

1. 8 fresh sträwberries - sliced thinly
2. 1/2 cup sugär
3. 1/2 cup wäter

Mäke the cändied sträwberry slices

1. Preheät oven to 225°F.
2. In ä smäll pot, combine sugär änd wäter. Heät over medium, stirring frequently, until sugär häs completely dissolved. (You just mäde ä simple syrup)
3. Dip sträwberry slices into simple syrup änd läy them on ä bäking sheet lined with ä silicone bäking mät (Silpät) or pärchment päper.
4. Bäke for 2 hours. Remove, set äside to cool.

Mäke Cupcäkes

1. Preheät oven to 350°F
2. Whisk flours, bäking powder änd sält in ä smäll bowl änd set äside. Creäm butter änd sugär together for 5 minutes, until päle änd fluffy. Ädd eggs, one ät ä time, then vänillä.
3. Ädd 1/3 of the flour, hälf of the milk, followed by änother third of the flour, the remäining milk änd ending with flour.
4. Scräpe bowl, mäking sure to get the bottom. Fold it ä few times to mäke sure everything is incorporäted.
5. Line ä cupcäke pän with cupcäke päpers änd fill 2/3 full. Bäke for 16 - 18 minutes, or when tester comes out with ä few crumbs on it.
6. Remove from oven änd let the cupcäkes cool in the pän for 5 minutes before tränsferring to ä wire räck.

Mäke Frosting

1. In ä food processor (or spice grinder), grind freeze-dried sträwberries until they äre ä fine powder. It's ok if there äre ä few pieces äs long äs they äre not bigger thän ä smäll peä. Set äside.
2. Beät butter änd creäm cheese together. Ädd lemon juice, sträwberry powder, powdered sugär änd sält. Beät until fluffy (äbout 5 minutes)
3. Pipe frosting on cupcäkes, or use ä smäll knife or off-set spätulä. Gärnish, if desired.

CHEF'S NOTES

1. You cän mäke sträwberry slices ä däy äheäd. I häve mäde them on ä silpät änd on pärchment. Ä few stuck on the pärchment änd häd to be cärefully peeled off, but it wäsn't cätästrophic. Thät being säid, they didn't stick ät äll on the silpät.
2. Mäke sure the sträwberries for the frosting äre FREEZE DRIED. Not "dried" fruit, like räisins or dried cränberries. This will not work.

By Cheryl Bennett

https://www.pookspantry.com/vanilla-cupcakes-with-strawberry-cream-cheese-frosting/

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