Strawberry cupcake with vanilla bean frosting

[kittymwah]

So I am holding a baby shower for my sister next weekend and she asked for strawberry cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting. I have googled and found a few recipes but was wanting to ask real people for their recommendations or recipes they may have.

Thanks a bunch
Becky

Comments

[rian219]

These strawberry cupcakes are amazing:

http://nomnomnomkitty.blogspot.com/2009/04/strawberry-milkshake-cupcakes.html

I used strawberry icing when I made them, as per the recipe, but I'm sure they'd be good with vanilla icing too. I don't have a recipe for that though.

[hirotanik]

Strawberry cupcakes adapted from Martha Stewart's vanilla cupcakes.
(Directions and original found here: http://cupcakeblog.com/?p=175)

I use 3/4 of the recommended sugar and swap out half the milk for strawberry puree. A touch of red food dye makes the pink color of the fruit really pop after they are baked. This is how I make my strawberry cupcakes all the time and they have great texture and taste. They are sweet but not too sweet so they pair well with a frosting.

For frosting, love swiss meringue buttercream. Smitten Kitchen has directions for small batch: http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-swiss-buttercream/

I find doubling the tiny batch one at the bottom works great to frost a dozen cupcakes.