STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI CUPCAKES

This free Strawberry Daiquiri Cupcakes Recipe is divine… Creamy and bursting with strawberry flavour these Cupcakes are a lovely party treat!

 

Ingredients


Cupcakes:
60g butter
75g cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 tsp lime zest
1 ¾ cup self raising flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup strawberry puree 
1/4 cup Bacardi Rum soaked strawberries finely diced


Icing:
60g butter
125g cream cheese
3 tbs strawberry puree
2 tbs Bacardi Rum
a few drops of strawberry or red food colouring
2 cups icing sugar
Sliced fresh strawberries to garnish


Method


Cupcakes:

• Line a 12 capacity muffin tray with cupcake liners.
• Cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar and lime zest together until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time. Beating well after each addition.
• Alternately fold in flour and strawberry puree in thirds starting and ending with flour. 
• Make sure all the ingredients are well combined.
• Fold in the diced strawberries.
• Evenly divide batter into the cupcake liners.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20 - 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
• Allow cupcakes to cool completely before icing. 

Icing:

• Cream the butter, lime zest and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Add the strawberry puree and Bacardi. 
• Gradually add 1 cup of icing sugar and beat to combine.
• Continue to add remainder of icing sugar and food colouring while beating on medium speed.
• Add more icing sugar if required to get icing to fluffy but stiff consistency.
• Ice the cupcakes only when cool.
• Garnish with strawberry slices.

Makes 12 cupcakes