I purchased a bunch of really great strawberries from the market and I wanted to do something with them before they were past their prime. I did a little googling and came across a recipe on Martha Stewart’s site for Sprinkles Strawberry Cupcakes. I am sure most of you are aware of Sprinkles Cupcakes, but if you are not, they are one of the first cupcake boutique~type bakeries in California. They offer a pretty extensive menu of flavors that rotates throughout the week. Sprinkles has become such a huge phenomenon, they now offer their mixes which can be purchased from their website or at Williams Sonoma and even have a Sprinklesmobile which delivers cupcakes in the Beverly Hills area.
Now on to the cupcakes…this recipe is very straight forward and easy to make. I put the strawberries in my Magic Bullet and had the strawberry puree done in a snap. The cupcakes baked up evenly and had a good texture. I found them to be a bit on the dry side, but Bri’s co-workers raved over them!
The true star of these cupcakes was the frosting, which I adapted from the Sprinkles recipe. I threw in a brick of cream cheese in place of a stick of butter and made a few more minor adjustments. This frosting came out amazing and according to others tastes like homemade strawberry ice cream.
Although I believe the cupcake recipe needs a little tweaking, this frosting will remain a regular in my kitchen…I think it would be amazing on a layered cake or as a filling for strawberries! Thanks for stopping by…have a great day!
Oh, and congratulations to Nina, of Nina’s Cupcakes for winning my ice cream giveaway!
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing
Adapted from Martha Stewart
Ingredients
1/2 cup whole strawberries
1 stick unsalted butter, firm and slightly cold confectioners’ sugar, sifted
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese, slightly cold
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
22 ounces of confectioners’ sugar (approximately 1.4 pounds)
Method
Place strawberries in the bowl of a small food processor; process until pureed. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add in the cream cheese and beat until combined. Reduce mixer speed and slowly add confectioners’ sugar; beat until well combined. Add vanilla and 3 tablespoons strawberry puree (save any remaining strawberry puree for another use); mix until just blended. Do not overmix or frosting will incorporate too much air.
Note: The frosting is able to be piped, but is on the soft side and definitely needs to be refrigerated!
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I will have to try that frosting. I love strawberry everything!
You're right! The frosting looks soo delicious! I love strawberries, so I'm going to have to try this soon!!
Those are LOVELY. I'll definitely need to make them soon.
The cupcakes look gorgeous…what's not to love about a pink cupcake! And the frosting looks delicious! Funny you mention the cupcakes being a little dry. When a Sprinkles bakery came to Dallas, everyone freaked out and waited in line for an hour to buy a high-priced cupcake. But when the local food critics weighed in, they all agreed that the cupcakes were too dry and the frosting was too sweet. I haven't tried them, but that's the scuttlebutt around here!
mmm… looks adorable! Nice touch with the cut strawberries on top.
If you are looking for a super moist strawberry cupcake recipe, try Anne Byrn's strawberry cupcake recipe.
I blogged mini versions here: http://testone2three.blogspot.com/2009/03/strawberry-on-strawberry-mini-cupcakes.html
But I've also made the recipe as a layer cake and it was fantastic that way too.
Oh they look delicious. I've love to try and make strawberry frosting.
These sound simple and they are adorable–I love them! I am very jealous you have a magic bullet, too, I'm always so enthralled by those commercials.
Holy cow.. these look fantastic. I am so trying them. LOVE strawberry frosting too and this sounds PERFECT!! They are so very pretty.
Oh wowow they look great! I want some!!
Perfect, really perfect!!! I am going to have to try that frosting! YUM! thanks
they look smooth, creamy and delicious!
Mmm…. looks good!
Your frosting sounds yummy with the addition of cream cheese which makes most things yummier.
I made these cupcakes before and found that they shrunk a bit and didn't really bake "up" much but were pretty good overall. I thought Paula Deen's recipe better actually but that's just my opinion.
Congrats to the winner!
~ingrid
These are beautiful, and the frosting looks wonderful! I have a couple of pink-lovers in my house, and these will be a huge hit!
oh your strawberry frosting looks splendid! I had a hand at making up my own strawberry frosting with strained preserves but quickly found out that wasn't great for the stiff consistency of the buttercream. I was just given my first and then second martha stewart cookbook and will definitely be trying you cream cheese substitution for the butter! Keep on rockin' the awesome photography and I'll keep coming back! ciao!
Your cupcakes look so gorgeous! I made these recently and the frosting was definitely the thing that everyone loved the most!
I have a TON of strawberries and was trying to think of something good to do with them before they went bad … looks like I hit the jackpot here! I LOVE sprinkles frosting recipes, and I can't wait to give your adaptation a shot!
Yummy! I love your pink polka dot cupcake liners too. Very appropriate. Thanks!
I’m not a bit fan of Sprinkles but I’ll give these a try. They look and sound delicious.
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