These strawberry glazed cupcakes are made with fresh strawberries and topped with a strawberry flavoured glaze. These cupcakes are soft, moist and fluffy with the best flavour.
If you have some strawberries going soft in your fridge, do not throw them away and instead make these gorgeous strawberry cupcakes. If you don’t have any strawberries then I suggest you go and buy some to make this delicious recipe. I grow strawberries in my garden so during the summer I tend to have plenty of strawberries on hand. I love strawberries as there are so many recipes you can include them in. They taste great in cakes, pies, muffins and many other types of recipes.
To make these cupcakes, fresh strawberries are pureed and reduced which gives a stronger strawberry flavour than just adding pureed or chopped strawberries. Reducing the strawberries give the cupcakes a strong strawberry flavour which makes these cupcakes so delightful. The reduced strawberries are added to a vanilla batter and baked to produce soft, light and fluffy cupcakes.
Less Calories than Cupcakes with Buttercream!
The glaze on these cupcakes have less than half the calories of buttercream which makes them diet friendly. One of these cupcakes only contains 217 calories which is way less than an average cupcake with buttercream which stands at around 500 - 600 calories.
Glazed cupcakes have become my go to cupcakes to make when I need a sweet treat without too many calories. They’re just as delicious as buttercream cupcakes which I tend to save for special occasions.
Ingredients for Strawberry Glazed Cupcakes
For the full list of ingredients and measurements, scroll to the recipe card below.
Strawberry Cupcake Ingredients
- Strawberries – use fresh strawberries.
- Flour – I use self-raising flour which is plain flour with added baking powder.
- Salt – I use fine sea salt.
- Bicarbonate soda – or baking soda.
- Baking spread – I use stork.
- White sugar – caster sugar is ideal for this recipe.
- Eggs – use medium room temperature eggs.
- Vanilla – use good quality vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste.
- Sour cream – plain or natural yoghurt also work well with this recipe.
- Milk – use whole or semi skimmed.
- Pink food colouring – this is optional to brighten up the cupcakes.
Strawberry Glaze Ingredients
- Icing sugar – also known as confectioners sugar or powdered sugar.
- Strawberries – from the reduced strawberries used for the cupcakes.
- Milk – use whole or semi skimmed. This is optional.
- Sprinkles – use your favourite sprinkles.
How to Make Strawberry Glazed Cupcakes
Make the Strawberry Cupcakes
Blend the strawberries
Add the hulled and washed strawberries to a blender and blend to a puree.
Reduce the strawberries
Place a pan on a medium heat and transfer the strawberry puree from the blender to the pan. Reduce the strawberries while stirring for 20 - 30 minutes or until the strawberries are around half of the original volume. Pour the reduced strawberries into a heatproof bowl and set aside to cool.
Preheat the oven and prepare muffin tin
Preheat the oven to 180oC and line a 12-count muffin tin with 12 cupcake cases.
Prepare dry ingredients
Add the flour, salt and bicarbonate soda to a medium sized bowl then whisk them together and set aside.
Combine the baking spread and sugar
In a mixing bowl, combine the baking spread and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the wet ingredients
Mix in the eggs followed by the vanilla extract, soured cream and milk. Add in the pink food colouring and combine well. Remove 2 tablespoon of the reduced strawberries and add to a separate container which will be used later for the icing. Pour the remaining reduced strawberries into the batter and combine well.
Add the dry ingredients
Add in the dry ingredients you set aside earlier and combine well but be careful not to over mix.
Bake the cupcakes
Transfer the batter to the cupcake cases and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and place the baking tin on a cooking rack for 15 minutes then transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack to completely cool.
Make the Strawberry Glaze
Combine the icing sugar and strawberries
Combine the icing sugar with the reduced strawberries that you set aside earlier until smooth then mix in the milk.
Spread around 1 teaspoon of strawberry glaze onto each cupcake using a palette knife then add some sprinkles. Allow to set for 30 minutes then enjoy.
Recipe Tips
- Before you add the reduced strawberries to the batter, remember to remove and store 2 tablespoons to use later for the glaze.
- The pink food colouring is optional. Without it the cupcakes will be very light pink in colour.
Storage
These cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature overnight before being refrigerated. If the weather is hot or humid then store in the fridge immediately until serving.
The following day store any left over cupcakes in the fridge for up to 3 days. Ensure you bring the cupcakes to room temperature before serving from the fridge.
Theses cupcakes can also be wrapped and stored in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
Nutrition based on 1 serving - Calories: 217kcal | Fat: 8.4g | Saturates: 3.1g | Carbs: 32.7g | Sugar: 23.1g | Fibre: 1.3g | Protein: 2.9g | Salt: 0.31g.
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Strawberry Glazed Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 300g fresh strawberries
- 170g self-raising flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate soda
- 110g stork soft at room temperature
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 60ml soured cream room temperature
- 40ml milk (semi skimmed or whole milk) room temperature
- 4 drops pink food colouring
For the Glaze
- 100g icing sugar
- 2 tablespoon reduced strawberries
- ½ teaspoon milk
- Sprinkles to decorate
Instructions
- Wash the strawberries, remove the tops then chop them in half. Add them to a blender and blend to a puree.
- Pour the blended strawberries into a saucepan and place the pan on a medium heat. When the strawberries begin to bubble give them a stir and continue to stir occasionally. After a while, you will notice a lighter colour liquid on top of the strawberries, when that lighter liquid disappears then you know the reduction is complete. It should take around 20 - 30 minutes. Remove the strawberry reduction from the heat and pour into a small bowl to cool.
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/350oF/180oC/160oC fan and line a 12-count muffin tin with 12 cupcake cases. To a medium sized bowl, add and combine the flour, salt and bicarbonate soda then set aside.
- To a mixing bowl, add the baking spread and sugar then cream them together until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract then mix in the soured cream and milk. If using pink food colouring then add it in at this stage.
- From the bowl with the reduced strawberries, remove 2 tablespoons of the reduced strawberries, add to a separate container and refrigerate. This will be used for the glaze. Pour the rest of the reduced strawberries into the batter and combine.
- Gradually add in the dry ingredients set aside earlier and mix until well combined. Spoon the batter evenly between the cupcake cases and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and place the baking tin on a cooking rack for 15 minutes then transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack to completely cool.
- Once the cupcakes have cooled, make the glaze by combining the icing sugar with the reduced strawberries that you place in the fridge earlier. Continue to mix until smooth. If you want to loosen the mixture then add the milk. Using a butter knife or palette knife, spread 1 teaspoon of the glaze onto each cupcake then add sprinkle if using. Allow the cupcakes to set for 30 minutes then enjoy.
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