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strawberry and vanilla cupcakes gluten free

Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe

Delicious strawberry cupcakes that are gluten free and wheat free!
Course Dessert
Author The Gluten Free Greek

Ingredients

  • Makes 12 gluten free cupcakes
  • 125 g/4.5 oz unsalted butter
  • 125 g/4.5 oz caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 capful vanilla essence
  • 1 tablespoon milk optional
  • 20 g ground almonds
  • 35 g rice flour
  • 35 g coconut flour
  • 35 g gluten free self raising flour
  • 3 strawberries finely chopped into little chunks
  • To decorate you will need:
  • Butterfly wafers-Lakeland
  • Icing sugar water and pink food colouring for the pink icing
  • Gluten free melted chocolate optional

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin or I used silicone cupcake bases.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, and add the vanilla essence.
  3. On a lower speed, add in all the different flours, milk and the ground almonds.
  4. Mix well, then add in the strawberry chunks and use a spoon to gently mix them in the bowl.
  5. Spoon the mixture into the cases
  6. Bake for around 20 mins until golden. You can check that they are baked properly with a cake tester.
  7. Leave to cool.
  8. Decorate the cupcakes however you desire!