Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Jam Buttercream.

These Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Jam Buttercream are a birthday boon. They are really very good and just full of Strawberry Jam flavours. My daughter actually squealed when she saw them.

This particular week in January always proves to be one of much stress, anxiety and exhaustion. My children have Birthdays five days apart and what is more mine is sandwiched in-between. Serious Birthday  Stress………….

Obviously it is totally my choice to produce a long and comprehensive Birthday routine for both of my children each year. I feel compelled to not only bake one but two sets of cakes for each child. One for family and one for the “Party”.

I simply do not have a Birthday Tray Bake inside me, ridiculous I agree. I knows, I’m a T.at.

That is not to say that I have any talent for it. I don’t. I am Big Hands Mick when it comes to detail. A bakery klutz. But such is my desire to thrill my kids with cake creations just for them that I scour the length and breadth of t’internet for foolproof recipes for ham fisted bakers like me.

The brutal reality is that they don’t really even like Cake. As I write now I have in my eye line the whole batch of my son’s Birthday Chocolate Cupcakes standing untouched and unwanted. What a  ” Flipping Liberty.”

However it is the subject of much debate from both of them as the day gets nearer. They love to try and come up with ideas and requests, which I completely ignore of course.

There are only so many options available that cover a multitude of sins. But it all has become part of their Birthday routine and build up. I doubt that in years to come they will remember that they didn’t really like to eat the cakes, but they will remember loving the ceremony around them.

I try to up my game each year, aware that with each birthday comes a more discerning eye and I feel I am almost getting there. Some in previous years have indeed been shockingly rubbish.

I have finally learnt a most valuable lesson though and here it is, from me to you….. The simple application of loads of chocolate bars on top of a cake carries a wow factor worthy of the Great British Bake Off Showstopper if you’re under 12.

By the time they become teenagers I may be able to produce a real fancy pants creation but until then pass me the Kit Kats………….see my Birthday Chocolate Cake

 

 

This is my son’s Birthday Cake for this year. Recipe yet to follow as there were a couple of disasters with it but I thought on my feet and pulled it off at the last minute….sort of…..lots of eight year old  gasps but true to form hardly any pesky kids ate more than a couple of bites. But I cared not, my Birthday work was done.

 

This following recipe is one that I am most pleased with. They are the best strawberry cupcakes I have ever eaten. I have made them twice now and found them to be simple and absolutely delicious.

The sponge itself is yummy and moist and the strawberry jam icing is a revelation to me. I cant wait to make it again, so simple and so blummin delicious.

These were baked for my daughter, a lover of all things strawberry and unicorn. She even ate most of them…..Kiss my big Birthday Butt…..

Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Jam Buttercream Recipe

They really are a celebration of all things Strawberry. Perfect for a child’s Birthday or a summer celebration. Coupled together with the icing they are absolutely delicious. I adapted the recipe to suit me sir from Cooking Classy a fabulous blog.

I made these beauties in the bigger cupcake cases as I think you need more sponge to cope with the icing. Otherwise the ratio is out of whack. I’m all for large portions anyways…..

I have also added a little jammy surprise which pulls the whole strawberry lush thing together.

Just by using a teaspoon I dug out a jammy receptacle after the cakes were cool and then piped the buttercream over the top.

Genius if I do say so myself. Kids love the surprise of it and it gives another strawberry hit.

I bought the edible unicorn toppers from the internet. Amazon to be exact and they were cheap as chips.

You of course can make these your own, they are begging for girly sprinkles.

For a more grown up party a simple Strawberry would look lush. The fact is these beauties would look stunning whatever you plonked on top.

 

Here are some more completely lush recipes – Yum Yums – Millionaires Shortbread

The Best Flapjacks Ever and Deep Fried apple Pies

Madeira Cake with Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote

Delicious Traybakes

 

 

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