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Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes

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Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes

Phew, what a week!

My Uni work load is getting ridiculous. I’m pretty much sleeping, eating and working at the moment 🙁

I spent nine house researching and writing the other day. Nine hours! I had blisters on my hand and serious cramp! Not fun at all, but unfortunately I only learn things when I write them down, there’s no point reading or typing stuff as it just doesn’t go in!

I wish I had a photographic memory, it would be so much easier!

The thing is, in one module we still don’t actually know what we’re doing entirely, the design brief isn’t even finished and we’re about to go into week 5. Ridiculous. We’ve been told to research, but last term we were told we did too much research and it wasn’t focused enough, so I have no idea, I’m just trying to research something as if I sit there doing nothing I panic because I know I should be doing something, even though I’m just confused. Everyone is, so it’s not me being dumb!

Ah well, I’m just going to do as much as I can every day and try and get some baking time at the weekends!

Speaking of baking, I made these last weekend. I got the new Hummingbird Bakery book last week and I couldn’t wait to get started making things from it! What I love about their books is that you always find something new! You all know I’m addicted to cookbooks and I love reading them, I know it means I probably have about 100 vanilla cupcake recipes, but I like to make different ones and choose my favourite, but it’s also so great when you don’t just get the same type of recipes in a book!

Once I saw these cupcakes I knew I had to make them right away. I am addicted to strawberry milkshake, I never get chocolate or banana, it’s always strawberry. This recipe actually has milkshake powder in it!! The frosting actually tastes like you’re drinking a strawberry milkshake, I’m surprised any ended up on the cupcakes…

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Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes

Strawberry milkshake cupcakes with the most amazing milkshake frosting.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 70 g butter/marg
  • 210 g plain flour
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 210 ml milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 40 g strawberry milkshake powder, I used Nesquik
  • Ingredients for the frosting:
  • 500 g icing sugar
  • 160 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 65 ml milk, (this was for pipable frosting if you're spooning the frosting on use 50ml)
  • 100 g strawberry milkshake powder
  • 12 milk bottle sweets to garnish, optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C and line a cupcake tray.
  2. Place the butter, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large bowl or the bowl of your mixer and mix until it resembles sand.
  3. Place the milk, eggs and milkshake powder into a jug and whisk lightly.
  4. Pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients and mix on med-high speed until well incorporated and smooth.
  5. Divide the batter between the cupcake cases, 2/3 full.
  6. Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes until risen, slightly golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
  7. Transfer to a wire rack as soon as possible to stop papers peeling away from cupcakes and leave to cool completely.
  8. Once cooled, make the frosting. Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer and add in the butter.
  9. Mix, starting on a slow speed and increasing as the mixture combines, until light and fluffy. Place the milk and milkshake powder into a jug and whisk until combined.
  10. Pour into the buttercream and mix until well combined and perfectly smooth.
  11. Pipe or spoon the frosting onto the cupcakes and place a milk bottle on top to garnish, if desired.
  12. Cupcakes will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Home Sweet Home by Tarek Malouf

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Enjoy 🙂

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Comments

  7. meandmr.com says

    Newest follower here! I found you through the blog hop. I love your blog, its super cute 🙂
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    -Melanie @meandmr.com

  13. Kelly Wells says

    Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party. Your recipe sounds DELICIOUS! I just need to figure out how to convert the measurements to English measures from metric. lol! Please remember to go vote for your favorite recipes today!

    Kelly {Adorned Well}
    co-host of Foodie Friends Friday

  15. Diane says

    Sorry your work schedule is so grueling right now… thanks for finding the time to share this interesting recipe with us on foodie friday.

  19. Ruthie Armstrong says

    How wonderful looking and (amazingly tasty) these cupcakes are… thanks so much for coming to party at Super Saturday Show & Tell 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie

  20. Miz Helen says

    Hi Annie,
    I can almost taste these awesome cupcakes, can't wait to have one! Hope you have a fabulous week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

  21. Lindsey Domer says

    These look amazingggg!!! Can you put the measurements up for cups/teaspoons/tablespoons? Also, is castor sugar just sugar? Thanks!

  22. April Tuell says

    Yum! I can imagine how good these must taste. Thank you so much for sharing with Saturday Spotlight. Have a great week and come back soon!

  29. Annie Standing says

    Sorry, but I wouldn't feel comfortable converting this recipe to cups, I don't think it would be very successful as it was from an English cookbook and the measurements are quite exact, a cup of flour for me might weigh something different for you and I'd hate for the recipe to not work for you.

  33. Annie Standing says

    I could have just sat there with a spoon and eaten all the frosting, it was sooooo good haha!! Thanks so much for hosting! 😀

  35. Annie Standing says

    Thank you so much! I'm not too sure this would work being converted to cups, it's from an UK cookbook and the measurements are precise so I'd be worried that a cup of sugar for me would weigh something different for you and it wouldn't turn out too great. I can convert it to ounces as it would still be exactly the same, but would just hate for it not to work for you if converted to cups 🙁

  36. Annie Standing says

    Thanks so much 🙂 I use metric-conversions.org when I need to convert things, but I didn't convert this just followed the recipe from the book!

  39. Miz Helen says

    Congratulations!
    Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Enjoy your weekend and your new Red Plate.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

  40. Kathryn Ferguson Griffin says

    These look so cute and delicious! Thank you for sharing. You will be one of the features on Monday at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Pop on in and grab a feature button for your blog. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

  49. Miro Ahmed says

    Hi Annie, these look so yummy and exactly what i've been looking for. Do you know if i could successfully add chocolate chips to these in any way? Would they sink? Could i prevent that?
    Thanks!

  50. Annie Standing says

    Hi there, Yes, I think you would be able to add chocolate chips to this recipe without any problems! To stop them sinking I always measure my flour into a small bowl and then add the chocolate chips into the flour and toss together to coat them 🙂

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