- Hey guys, so Easter is almost here
and if you're still trying to figure out
what to make for Easter dessert you are in luck.
I've come together with a few of my favorite
YouTube channels to bring you a playlist of Easter desserts.
And for my part, I'm going to show you how to make
some adorable little strawberry shortcake cupcakes.
So after my video is done, be sure to stick around
and watch the other videos in this playlist.
There are some other terrific Easter desserts
that I know you guys are going to love.
So the first thing we're going to do is take our large bowl
and combine a cup and a half of flour,
a teaspoon of salt, and a teaspoon of baking powder.
Go ahead and just give that a whisk
and then you can set it aside.
Then in a separate bowl we're going to combine three eggs,
three quarter cup of sugar, half a cup of melted butter,
a half a cup of water, and two teaspoons of vanilla.
Go ahead and just give that a whisk,
and then you can set that aside.
Now we're going to take our dry ingredients
and slowly add it to our wet ingredients,
just giving it a good stir, being careful not to over mix
because we don't want to end up with a tough cupcake.
Once that's all combined, you can set that aside.
Then we're going to take some fresh strawberries,
cut off the tops, give them a rough chop,
and then toss them with one teaspoon of fresh lemon zest.
You'll end up with one cup of roughly chopped strawberries.
Now what is really going to send these cupcakes
over the edge are these darling
little cupcake cups by Simply Baked.
I met this company while attending
the International Housewares Show this year in Chicago,
which is where all the new products
for the kitchen are debuted every year,
and I fell in love with them.
The nice thing about them is
you can bake cupcakes right in them,
you don't even need a muffin tin to do it.
So if you love these little cupcake cups as much as I do,
you are in luck because they are offering a special discount
for all of you guys, 15% off, you get 24 of them
in a sleeve for $6.95, so take another 15% off
and they are yours, but the offer's only good for two weeks
so all the information is in the description
if you want to know how to get them.
So to bake our cupcakes what we're going to do
is take out a cookie sheet,
we're going to align our cups on top,
then we're going to use an ice cream scoop
and fill them about a third of the way full.
To that we're going to add a tablespoon
of our freshly chopped strawberries
and then top with some more batter.
Then we're going to pop these in the oven
at 350 degrees for about 12 to 15 minutes,
just until a toothpick comes out clean.
Then you can set them aside to cool, and meanwhile
we are going to make our whipped cream frosting.
I love this frosting because it is not too sweet.
This is the perfect dessert when you have
a lot of kids around, and Easter at our house always means
an equal amount of adults and kids.
And this is a dessert that pleases everybody. (laughs)
So in the bowl of an electric mixer
you're going to add two cups of heavy whipping cream,
three tablespoons of powdered sugar,
and one teaspoon of vanilla.
Go ahead and just whip that up
until very stiff peaks form, you actually want to take it
a little bit further than you would
if you were making regular whipped cream,
because you want the whipped cream to be pretty sturdy
so that you can actually pipe it out in a pastry bag.
Once your whipped cream is done,
you can go ahead and transfer it
into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip,
and then you don't want to frost
the cupcakes until they are completely cool.
Otherwise what will happen is the whipped cream
will start to melt and then your frosting will get
kind of lopsided, so make sure they're really nice and cool.
Now normally when I frost cupcakes
I do like to leave a little bit of room
between the cupcake and the frosting because I think
it's pretty to see a little bit of the cupcake underneath,
but in this instance because we have these
adorable little cupcake cups, I like to take
the frosting all the way to the edge,
because it really does help the cups pop.
So go ahead and just give it a good swirl,
and then when it's done the other thing I like to do
is add a garnish of a fresh strawberry on top.
One of the benefits of some of these spring strawberries
is that they're really small right now which makes
for the perfect size to put on top of your cupcake.
Now because I'm a gardener I like to keep the tops
on my strawberries because I think it just looks prettier
and I like to be reminded of where the strawberry came from,
but if you don't like the look of that,
you could actually just slice that off as well.
Then I like to place these cupcakes decoratively
on a cake stand, and then you can go ahead
and pop them in the fridge until you're ready to serve,
and you will see you will have one darling little cupcake
that is so festive and springlike, it's the perfect
little thing that will bring a smile to anybody's face.
I hope you guys give this one a try,
and let me know what you think,
and I also hope you stick around
to watch the rest of the videos in this playlist.
There's some other very clever Easter desserts
that I know you guys are going to love.
Alright everybody, if I don't see you before then,
have a very Happy Easter, I'll see you next time, bye.
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