Stracciatella Strawberry Cupcakes

Dear Everybody,

on Wednesday I was invited to a get-together with all the volunteers from the charity shop where I am volunteering once a week. As it was a bring-a-dish party, I decided to bake cupcakes and wanted to share the recipe with you.

Batter

150g softened butter

150g sugar

vanilla extract

2 eggs

200g plain flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

150ml milk

chocolate sprinkles

1) Mix butter, sugar and the vanilla extract until they are nearly white and fluffy.

2) Add the eggs and mix well.

3) Sift in the dry ingredients and mix until combined.

4) Lastly, stir in the milk until you have a smooth batter and add chocolate sprinkles to get a stracciatella batter.

5) Bake the cupcakes for 20 minutes at 180°C.

White Chocolate Topping

100g softened butter

250g cream cheese

50g white chocolate

1) Melt the chocolate and while it is cooling down, whip the butter until it has gone pale.

2) Then add in the chocolate and cream cheese and mix until everything is well combined and smooth.

3) While the topping is in the fridge to cool, cut strawberries in half and place them on baking paper.

4) Melt some coconut oil and mix in cacao powder or just melt chocolate to drizzle over the strawberries.

Now you just need to pipe on your topping and decorate your cupcakes with the strawberries after you let the chocolate dry. Unfortunately I didn't have a piping bag so I just spread the frosting on with a spoon, which I think doesn't look as nice as when you would use a star nozzle.

See you!