Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes

A strawberry crunch cupcake on a white marble background with another cupcake and half strawberry behind it and strawberry crunch topping scattered around the cupcake.

Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes

Cupcakes are always a good idea and these Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes are full of flavor and texture.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 26

Resting/Cooling Time 1

Total Time 1 46

Servings cupcakes

Calories 610kcal

Author Mara

Ingredients

Vanilla Cupcakes

1 & ½ cups all purpose flour
1 & ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
¼ cup vegetable oil
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, large room temerpature
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup whole milk room temerpature

Cream Cheese Frosting

6 ounces cream cheese, block style softeneed
½ cup unsalted butter softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar

Strawberry Crunch Topping + Garnish

1 & ½ cups golden oreo crumbs
3 ounces strawberry jello powder
4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
6 strawberries cut in half

Instructions

For the cupcakes - Preheat the oven to 350° F. Prepare a standard 12-count cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Set aside. In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a separate large mixing bowl, beat the butter, oil, and sugar until smooth and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the butter, oil and sugar mixture. Mix until combined.
Add the dry mixture, alternating with the milk until completely combined.
Fill each cupcake liner about 2⁄3 of the way.
Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean. Allow the cupcakes to completely cool while making the cream cheese frosting.
For the cream cheese frosting - In a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese, softened butter, and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy. Add the powdered sugar gradually until completely combined.
For the strawberry crunch topping - Add half the Oreo crumbs to a medium mixing bowl and combine with the melted butter and jello powder. Mix until well combined. Spread evenly onto a baking sheet and bake at 350° F for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
Place the cooled strawberry mixture in a food processor and blend into crumbs. Combine the strawberry crumbs with the remaining oreo crumbs.
To assemble - Spread a thin even layer of cream cheese frosting onto each cupcake and dip the cupcakes into the strawberry crunch topping.
Transfer the remaining frosting to a piping bag and pipe a spiral onto each cupcake.
Sprinkle with the remaining strawberry crunch topping, and top with a half of a strawberry.

Notes

Properly Measure Flour - If you just dip your measuring cup into a bag of flour, chances are you have way too much flour due to packing. I keep a small digital scale to accurately measure flour BUT you can also you the spoon and level method too if you don't have a scale. To do this, use a spoon to fluff up the flour within your flour bag or container. Then use a spoon to scoop the flour into the measuring cup and finally us the straight edge of a knife to level the flour across the measuring cup.

Cool Cupcakes Completely Before Frosting - If your cupcakes are even a tiny bit warm, the frosting will melt right off.

Use Room Temperature/ Softened Ingredients: this will create a consistent batter, uniform cupcakes and creamy frosting.

Sift for Lump Free Batter and Frosting - If your flour or powdered sugar is lumpy, sift it beforehand. Sifting will also help aerate the flour to yield lighter cupcakes.

Alternate Adding Flour and Buttermilk – this keeps the mixture uniform and well blended. If you add in all of the flour or buttermilk at once, it can saturate the creamed butter and cause the mixture to separate. Mix well between each addition.

Nutritional information for this recipe is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. Please calculate your own nutritional information if you want it exact to what you make and use my calculations as a guide only.

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