Cupcakes with Strawberry and Cream Cheese

Few days ago while I was still very enthusiastic about whipping up a storm in my kitchen I had made some gorgeous Cupcakes topped with Strawberry and Cream Cheese. I carried those beauties to my friends place for dinner and they had nice things to say about it and me too!
Today while going through my folders I discovered the pictures and decided that I should blog about it. The recipe of the cupcake was shared by my dear friend K of Silence Sings and I am going to follow it for good now. By now many of you know that I lack the patience of a baker and hence do not venture much into that territory.But then again once in a while I do push myself or my friends push me a little and I end up baking a few goodies.

Ingredients:

Flour - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 cup - powdered

Butter - 100 gms - I used Amul

Eggs - 2 nos

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Milk - half cup - room temperature

For the frosting:

Strawberries - half a cup - sliced

Cream cheese - half a pack - I used Philadelphia

Powdered sugar - 2 tbsp.

Method:

Before you start make sure all the ingredients are in room temperature.

In a bowl cream together the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add the eggs , one at a time and mix well.

Add the vanilla essence next and mix again.

Sift the flour along with the baking powder and fold it in into the sugar/butter/egg mixture.

Gently add the milk and fold in everything together.

Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Pour the mixture into prepared cupcake mould and bake for 20 mins.

 
Now for the frosting - mix together the cream cheese and the powdered sugar and beat it into a creamy smooth mixture.

Once the cupcakes have cooled down - top each cupcake with a spoonful of the cream cheese mix. Decorate with strawberry slices and sugar sprinkles.

 

Blogging Marathon -Last Day - Choco Vanilla Mini Cupcakes

So its the last day of our "Blogging Marathon"..phew! and no better way to end it but with something sweet. Sticking by my policy of easy recipes..I made some cute little mini chocolate cupcakes and then dressed them up with a vanilla frosting and some glitter balls! They look so dainty and pretty and tasted equally awesome.
Now coming back to this event...i thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to participating in many such interesting events.As of now enjoy the Choco Vanilla Mini Cupcakes!

Ingredients:

Flour - 1 cup

Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Egg - 1 large

Milk - 1/4 th cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Vegetable oil - 1/4th cup

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Boiling hot water - 1/2 cup

For the butter cream frosting:

Butter - 100 gms @ room temperature

Icing sugar - 100 gms

Mix the butter and icing sugar into a fine smooth paste. Fill in your piping bag and keep in the refrigerator.

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 deg C.

Line and prepare cupcake moulds.

Sift together all the dry ingredients - flour,cocoa,baking powder, baking soda except sugar.

In a large bowl cream together sugar and egg until light and pale in colour. Add the milk , vegetable oil and vanilla essence and beat well for 2 mins on medium speed if using a hand blender.

Now gently mix in the dry mixture and give it a good stir. 

Lastly add the boiling hot water and mix well into the mixture.

Pour into the prepared cupcake moulds and bake for 15- 20 mins.

 Once the cupcakes cool down dress them up pretty your way.

Serve with love!

My fellow food bloggers in the marathon are :

Kamalika @ Silence Sings 

Sayantani @ A Homemaker's Diary 

Amrita - vishal @ Sweet 'n' Savoury

Indrani @ Appyayan