I baked these Strawberry ice cream style sundae cupcakes the other day, it is summer after all and if you can’t have ice cream have cake that’s my philosophy anyways… I don’t really bake as much as I used to as I don’t have the time but I do miss it. Besides, scoffing eating the finished product is always the best part, right? Here’s how I made them and the ingredients you’ll need if you want to give them a go yourself.
what you will need
1 egg
140 grams of white sugar
a pinch of salt
20 grams of cocoa powder
100 grams of self raising flour
1 and a 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
40g of unsalted butter (at room temperature)
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
120ml of fresh whole milk
Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees, whilst the oven is warming up. In a large mixing bowl add the flour, the sugar, the salt, the baking powder and the butter. Mix on a high speed until it’s all nicely combined. Then in a small jug, whisk the egg, milk and vanilla extract together, then add it to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and continue mixing on a high speed until the mixture is nice and smooth.
Take a baking tray and fill it with paper cupcake cases, now for the tedious part. Carefully spooning the cupcake mixture into the cases. Once all of the cupcake cases are filled, place them in the oven for around 20 minutes. To make sure they’re done, place a skewer through the middle of the cupcake, if it comes out clean they’re done! If it comes out gooey with cake mix, they need to go back in for a little longer. Leave them to completely cool before decorating them with butter cream.
How to make the butter cream icing
100g of unsalted butter
200g of icing sugar
Strawberry flavouring
piping bags
sprinkles
glacé cherries
straws for decoration
Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl to remove any lumps, in another bowl whisk the butter until it becomes soft. Add a drop of Strawberry flavouring at a time and taste, to see how strong you want the flavour to be. Slowly add the icing sugar, and stir until it starts to stiffen. I like to place the bowl of icing in the fridge for around 15-20 minutes or so before piping, as it can become warm, which means it won’t hold or stay in place on the cupcakes. When the icing is chilled, spoon it into a piping bag and pipe it onto the cupcakes, add as many sprinkles to decorate as you wish and pop a cherry on top, add a paper striped straw (for decoration only) then they are good to go!
What do you think?
these look so yummy! you're amazing at decorating cupcakes, i usually throw some rainbow sprinkles on and call it a day – but hey, as long as they taste good right?! beautiful photos as always x
natasha // eyebrows, inc.
They looks gorgeous! Almost too beautiful to be eaten (almost). I wish I had your ability to prepare such stunning and tasty treats!
Lots of love,
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So cute! They look perfect for a summer barbecue. Sweet but almost refreshing- love them!
Absolutely stunning! You should open up your own bakery! <3
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I finally got a cupcake tin for my house…which is baaaaaaad (but so good). I think I might need to bake these sometime soon 😉 Yum!
Those cupcakes look absolutely amazing!
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Awww these are super cute, I bet they were delicious xoxo
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Wow this looks amazing!
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They look delicious!
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Oh my goodness these look so delicious, I'll have to give them a try 🙂
Love Holly x
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These look so yummy! And your philosophy is probably the best I've heard. Definitely the easiest to follow!
x
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These look so so yummy! : ) xx
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These looks so beautiful and delicious. I am definitely going to try and make these, as I love baking on a sunday afternoon, however mine probably won't look half as good.
Beth x
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These look amazing and so delicious, I wouldn't want to eat them as they look so pretty! You'll have to give advice on decorating cupcakes one day, whenever I try to make they look impressive it all goes wrong so I really am in awe (seriously the only time they looked as good as this my mum ran over them ten minutes later!).
Lovely photos ♥ 🙂
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Your recipes are always gorgeous, I'm definitely making these on my next treat day!
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Great post. These look beautiful, perfect for Summer.
Sammii Ox
Hmm! Need to have those!!
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Paper straws and those beautifully intricate cupcake holders make everything better! -Audrey | Brunch at Audrey's
These are soooo cute, I could never make cupcakes look as good as this!
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They look absolutely gorgeous, almost too pretty to eat! I'm definitely going to save your recipe for a rainy day and try it myself (although I doubt mine will look anywhere near as perfect as yours!) I love the little lace cupcake cases too!
Becki | beautyandthebrunette.co.uk xxx
These are amazing!
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They look too cute to be eaten ! Will definitely have to try this recipe. x
Andrea,
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These look so professional! And I love the cases- they're stunning!
Katya | The Beauty Harbour
wow
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They look delicious sweetie – I'll be round in 5 minutes for a taste test! xx
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they look Delicious! how cute are the bun cases too x
These look incredible and almost too pretty to eat! You're a pro at icing them too, they look so professional!
Tessa at Bramble & Thorn
Mmmm, these look delicious!! I will definitely be trying this recipe out although I doubt they'll come out half as good as yours x
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Omg why does everything you make look amazing? When i ever bake, its like a bomb went off haha =] they look very yummy though
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Oh wow these look delicious! If only I wasn't on Slimming World, I'd be making them right now!
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Wow those cupcakes look and sound divine!
Sophie x
Going to try these they look so nice and cute the pink is great
These cakes are so beautiful – You have such great taste in cake decorating! I can't eat ice cream which is quite sad considering what great weather we're having, but it made me smile to read that you'd written "if you can't have ice cream, have cake". I think It's a sign that I should bake these myself.
Just wanted to say how much I love reading your blog, since I have been for over a year now. Gorgeous photography and consistently great content.
Take care,
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Wow! What beautiful cakes xxx
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These look amazing, I must make them!
Emily
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These look fabulous! oh I do love a good cupcake
Louise x
These look amazing 🙂
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