Did you know you can bake a cake or cupcakes with fresh strawberries? A meal without a cupcake is like a day without sunshine😂. Scroll down and check out how you can make cupcakes even more delicious with strawberries
Ingredients you need:
- 1/2 cup of strawberries cut into small pieces
- 2 cups of self-raising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
- 1/8 teaspoon of tomato red food colour powdered or liquid
1 cup of vegetable oil, 1 cup of sugar in a bowl, 3 eggs, strawberries and tomato red food colour 
2 cups of flour and salt mixed 
1/2 cup of milk 
Before mixing strawberries and tomato red food colour 
After mixing everything 
Before baking the strawberry cupcakes 
Strawberry cupcakes baked and left to cool before serving
Recipe:
- Cut 1/2 cup of strawberries into small pieces and set them aside
- Put 1 cup of vegetable oil, 1 cup of sugar, and 3 beaten eggs in a bowl and mix
- In a separate bowl, sieve 2 cups of self-raising flour and mix it with 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- Pour in the flour to the wet ingredients in small portions and mix the first portion
- Add milk to soften the batter
- Add more flour mix it then adds more milk to soften the batter until you have the flour and wet ingredients completely mixed
- You add milk until you attain a good texture not too runny nor too thick
- Add the strawberries you hard cut, mix them with the batter
- Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence and 1/8 teaspoon of tomato red food colour to attain a pink colour.
- Prepare your cupcake baking tin
- Put the cupcake base papers
- Using an ice cream scoop, put 1 scoop per cupcake base paper
- Preheat your oven at 325F for 5 minutes before putting the batter in the oven
- Bake your cupcakes for 25 minutes
- Let the cupcakes cool for about 15 minutes before serving
- Serve your cupcakes with a glass of juice, your favorite cup of tea, or a bowl of ice cream. Bon appétit!