Description
Delicious mango strawberry cupcakes with creamy frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup mango purée
- ¼ cup strawberry jam (for filling)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (for frosting, softened)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy cream (or milk)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (for frosting)
- 2 tbsp mango purée (for frosting)
- 2 tbsp strawberry purée (for frosting)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cream together softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Mix in milk and mango purée until combined.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet mixture until just combined.
- Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake for 18–20 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Fill each cupcake with strawberry jam.
- To make the frosting, beat butter until creamy, then slowly add powdered sugar, mixing until smooth and fluffy with cream and vanilla extract.
- Divide frosting into three bowls; color one with mango purée and another with strawberry purée.
- Pipe frosting onto cupcakes in a swirl pattern and garnish with fruit if desired.
Notes
- For best results, allow the cupcakes to cool completely before filling them with jam.
- Divide the frosting generously for a colorful effect.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg