EASY STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES

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A great strawberry cake recipe that I use for cupcakes. I use the cream cheese icing from this site as a topper. Top with blueberries for a 4th of July theme. Endless possibilities.

Provided by Erin Miller Lippe

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Strawberry Dessert Recipes

Time 1h25m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
1 ¾ cups pureed strawberries
¾ cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups self-rising flour
3 drops red food coloring, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
Beat sugar, pureed strawberries, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour, mixing until just incorporated. Stir food coloring into strawberry batter until color is even. Divide batter into prepared muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 198.4 calories, Carbohydrate 29.7 g, Cholesterol 31 mg, Fat 7.8 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 210.3 mg, Sugar 17.6 g