Perfect for a Tea Party: Strawberry Cupcakes

As much as I love to go out and socialize, I equally love to stay in an cook and bake something delicious. I like to find different recipes online or in books.

Below is a great recipes for Strawberry Cupcakes that I found online at Cooking with Amy. What I love about this recipe is it's made with fresh strawberries. I have seen different recipes that use preserves but I prefer to use fresh fruit if possible.



Strawberry Cupcakes
(Recipe credit: cookingwithamy.blogspot.com)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1 large egg
6 ounces Dannon® All Natural Vanilla Lowfat Yogurt (or any other fruit flavor of yogurt)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup fresh strawberries, diced

Frosting:

2 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 fresh strawberries, about 2 Tbsp. mashed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin tin with paper liners. With an electric hand mixer, beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg, Dannon® All Natural Vanilla Lowfat Yogurt and vanilla, blending until smooth.

2. Measure the dry ingredients into the bowl and blend, then fold in the strawberries.

3. Divide the mixture equally between the 12 paper-lined cupcake cups. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.

4. Beat together butter, powdered sugar, and mashed strawberry in medium-size bowl until creamy and smooth. Chill frosting for 15 minutes or until thick. Frost cupcakes with a spatula.
Store cupcakes in the refrigerator loosely covered.

Yield: 12 servings