Valentina's Corner
This is the best recipe for Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes! Soft and moist vanilla cupcakes that are strawberry-filled and topped with a rich homemade Buttercream Frosting, these cupcakes are bursting with flavors and such a beautiful treat!
If you like strawberries, you’ll want to try our other strawberry recipes like our Strawberry Milkshake, the easy Stuffed French Toast or our Chocolate Covered Strawberries.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CUPCAKES-
These cupcakes are the perfect dessert to serve for the holidays, birthday parties, or even brunch. The combination of vanilla cupcakes with the strawberry jelly filling and the frosting is so delicious and tastes just like the classic strawberry shortcake cake but mini in size!
Strawberry season: During strawberry season, these cupcakes are extra delicious and flavorful!
INGREDIENTS-
- Vanilla cupcakes– We use our amazing homemade vanilla cupcakes for this recipe!
- Strawberries– You want fresh strawberries.
- Vanilla frosting– You can use your favorite buttercream frosting for this recipe, we use our Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting.
- Strawberry glaze– We use store-bought strawberry glaze, but you can also use your favorite strawberry jelly or strawberry jam.
HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CUPCAKES-
Don’t be intimidated by this recipe! It is such an easy recipe, and tastes phenomenal!
- Make cupcakes– Prepare a batch of our homemade vanilla cupcake recipe. Allow the cupcakes to fully cool on wire racks. Tip: Check THIS post to learn all about making the perfect batch of cupcakes.
- Prepare frosting– Make a batch of our creamy cream cheese buttercream frosting, and set it aside.
- Make the filling– Clean and rinse the strawberries and cut them into small pieces. In a small bowl, combine the strawberries and glaze.
- Prep cupcakes– Once the cupcakes are fully cooled, using a scoop or knife, hollow out about a ½ inch deep hole in the center of each cupcake.
- Fill cupcakes– Fill each hole with the strawberry filling then pipe frosting. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
- Serve and enjoy!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS-
This recipe makes 12 cupcakes!
Yes, once you can prepare the frosting and cupcakes ahead of time up to 2-3 days and when ready just assemble.
We do not recommend using frozen strawberries for this recipe.
Yes, you sure can. If you want to use boxed cupcakes, we love THIS brand.
Yes, because the frosting has cream cheese and butter, we recommend keeping them in the fridge. We love using THIS container to store cupcakes.
Yes, you can use any of your go-to vanilla frostings for this recipe, like whipped cream frosting, cream cheese frosting, or even a cheesecake frosting.
Other Small Desserts to Try-
- Cream Cheese Danish
- Banana Bread Muffin
- Blueberry Muffins
- Double Choc Banana Muffins
- Choc Oreo Pudding Delight
- Cherry Hand Pies
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
Ingredients
cupcakes-
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour measured then sifted
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 8 Tbsps unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 3 Tbsps sour cream
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp oil
frosting-
- 8 oz cream cheese room temp
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temp (2 sticks)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
strawberry filling-
- 8 oz fresh strawberries cubed
- 3 Tbsp strawberry jelly
Instructions
bake the cupcakes –
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line the cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla, milk, sour cream, eggs, and oil. Mix until combined.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet batter and gently mix in. Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes or until the tops are golden. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and set on a cooling rack. Let cupcakes fully cool before frosting.
frosting –
- Using an electric stand mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter with the paddle attachment.
- Once the mixture is light and fluffy, add vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Beat until the frosting is fluffy. Refrigerate until ready to use.
assemble cupcakes –
- Cut the strawberries into cubes. In a small bowl, combine strawberries with jelly.
- Once the cupcakes are cooled, hollow out each cupcake about ½ an inch deep.
- Fill each hole of the cupcake with the strawberry glaze. Pipe the frosting on top of each cupcake.
- Garnish the cupcakes with more glaze or sliced strawberries.
- Serve and enjoy friends!
Notes
- Don’t overbake the cupcakes! Check their doneness at 16 minutes with a toothpick.
- Cool cupcakes before filling and frosting them!
- Keep the cupcake frosting in the fridge before you are ready to pipe. Since the frosting is made of cream cheese and butter, the frosting can melt quickly.
- A piping bag and frosting tips make the perfect cupcake.