Eggless Strawberry filled Cupcakes

Ever wondered the secret to make a moist and juicy cupcakes? Well these eggless strawberry filled cupcakes recipe will tick all the boxes off for a perfect cupcake recipe.

Why this Recipe Works?

• Buttermilk - The addition of buttermilk in place of milk and yogurt adds the required moisture making the cupcakes moist on its own.
• Compote - Adding cooked strawberry compote as a filling instead of fresh or frozen fruit keeps the cupcakes moist for 3 days without making it wet.
• Frosting - The not so sweet frosting balances the tartness from the strawberries and being so smooth literally melts in the mouth.

Trust me once you try these vanilla cupcakes with strawberry filling you can literally make 5 other variations out of it.

A simple variation would be strawberry filled chocolate cupcakes instead of the vanilla. Find few other variations down below.

Step by Step tutorial

Step 1 - Prepare the Cupcakes

Add vinegar to the warm milk and allow it to sit for 5 mins (image 1-2). This is our homemade buttermilk recipe.

Meanwhile sift together your dry ingredients - Flour, Sugar, Salt and Baking soda (image 3).

Once sifted add all the wet ingredients one by one. Oil, Essence and homemade Buttermilk (image 4). Combine to a cake batter like consistency (image 5).

Divide evenly in between the muffin tins that have been pre-lined with cupcake liners. Using an ice-cream scoop or a similar ladle would make your job easier (image 6).

Wipe off any drips from the tin and then bake in a preheated oven of 180°C for 15-18 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean (image 7).

Let it sit in the pan itself for 5 mins and then remove on a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 2 - How to prepare the Strawberry Filling

One of the easiest and versatile filling.

In a saucepan, combine together the Strawberries, Sugar, Lemon juice and cornflour.

Mix everything and heat on medium flame and combine until the strawberries are softened, sugar is melted and everything comes together and thickens.

Would take around 3 to 5 mins.

Do a taste test, add more sugar if it is too tart and more lemon juice if it is too sweet. Then allow it to thicken again.

Transfer to a container, cling wrap and allow it to cool completely.

Step 3 - Buttercream Frosting

Beat the softened butter until it is smooth, almost white in colour (image 8).

Add the condensed milk, strawberry essence and the pink food colour and beat again until combined (images 9 - 11).

Use this frosting to pipe on the cupcakes as you like.

I have made a ruffle pattern on the top using petal tip nozzle - Wilton 104

How to core and fill cupcakes?

You do not have to necessarily buy a corer to do the job for you.

Just use a knife make a circular cut in the centre of the cupcakes (image 12).

Pull out that section taking care not to make a deep cut as you want the base of the cupcakes to be intact to hold the filling (image 13).

Fill the centre of the cupcakes with 1 tsp of the prepared strawberry filling using a spoon or piping bag so that you do not create a mess all around and close with the pulled out cupcake centre portion to seal it (images 14 - 15).

Make some beautiful swirls on top with the frosting to hide the cut portion.

How to make Ruffle Pattern on Cupcakes?

Place the cupcake on your rotating cake stand.

Keeping the tapered end of the tip facing the cupcake and the broad end facing outwards start piping on the cupcake in forwards and backwards direction.

So with one hand, you pipe the frosting too and fro (images 17-18) and with the other hand rotate the cake stand so you get the frosting rolling out in one particular direction.

In case, you do not have a cake stand, directly rotate the cupcake with your other hand to keep the continuous motion ongoing.

Even if you make a mistake while making this pattern it won't show up. That's another big plus of using this pattern.

Only thing when you reach the inner circle take care to count and make the pattern so as to make a tip in the centre (image 19).

Baker's Tips:

1. Room Temperature Ingredients - Having your ingredients at room temperature is the key to making good cakes or cupcakes.
2. Use an ice cream scoop to add the batter to the pan.  This not only ensures that the cupcakes are uniform in size, but that they bake evenly too.
3. Preheat your oven without fail to avoid any collapsed cupcakes or uneven rising of the cupcakes.
4. Always fill the cupcake liner with 3/4 of its capacity to avoid over-spilling of the batter while baking or also to avoid cracked or dome shape.
5. Thickening of the strawberry puree is important for the filling to hold its shape when filled in the cupcakes. Make sure to use cornstarch and stir constantly so that nothing burns and the puree thickens evenly.
6. Do not frost warm cupcakes as that would melt the butter and your frosting will be a hot mess.

Different Variations:

1. For this Strawberries filled Cupcakes today we have used Vanilla Cupcake but you can change it to Chocolate cupcakes instead too.
2. Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes: Instead of buttercream frosting, you can choose to make Stabilized Whipped Cream frosting or even Cream Cheese frosting to frost the cupcakes. 
3. Fresh strawberry filled cupcakes: Imagine a whole juicy ripe strawberry sitting right in the centre of a vanilla or chocolate cupcake. I would be totally surprised to have these cupcakes. 
4. Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes: Use Strawberry Jam in place of compote and whipped cream in place of buttercream.
5. Different Fillings: You can use the same base cupcake recipe and use different fillings like blueberry or lemon curd to make a whole new cupcake flavour.

Storage Instructions (Shelf Life):

The unfrosted cupcakes can be stored in an air tight container for upto 3 days at room temperature or in the fridge for up to a week.

Strawberry Compote can be stored in the fridge for upto a week or in the freezer for upto a month.

The filled and frosted cupcake would last for 3 days in the refrigerator.

FAQ's

Related Recipes:

1. Blueberry Filled Cupcakes
2. Buttercream Frosting
3. Whipped Cream Frosting

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