Early summer is just around the corner! The first fruits are ripe in the garden and waiting to be harvested! Strawberries are a particularly popular treat! Many people with a sweet tooth can’t get enough of the juicy, aromatic red berries! Strawberries are best eaten straight away, but are also very popular as jam or as a cake topping. Strawberries, which are actually a botanical fruit, are rich in vitamin C and minerals and are also low in calories.

Did you know that our ancestors were already eating wild strawberries in the Stone Age?

In ancient Rome, the writers Virgil and Ovid praised the wonderful aroma of the red fruit. Strawberries were also popular in the Middle Ages and were grown in large fields. Even though strawberries are now available all year round: What better fruit to symbolize the approaching summer? We at the Aparthotel Bergland . holiday apartment in Söll would like to introduce you to a recipe for particularly delicious strawberry cupcakes. Perhaps you would like to try baking them? As a new idea for the next coffee party on a warm early summer afternoon in the garden or on the balcony?

What do you need to prepare the strawberry cupcakes?

The following quantity of ingredients makes about 12-14 cupcakes: You will need

Ingredients for the dough:

150 g flour 1 ¼ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda

1 pinch of salt

2 eggs
170 g sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
120 ml unflavored oil (e.g. sunflower oil or rapeseed oil)
120 ml buttermilk

Ingredients for the cream:

200 g curd cheese 200 g cream cheese 2 tbsp strawberry jam 200 ml whipped cream

Ingredients for the filling:

Strawberry jam

How are the strawberry cupcakes prepared?

This is how it’s done:

A little tip first: take all the ingredients out of the fridge early – they are easier to work with when they are at room temperature!

• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees top-bottom heat.
• Mix the dry ingredients and sieve into a bowl. Mix the whole eggs briefly in a food processor, then add the sugar. Now mix the mixture vigorously for about half a minute. Set the speed to medium and incorporate the vanilla extract and oil.
• Now add the buttermilk and flour mixture alternately to the batter at a low speed. Please ensure that you only fold in small amounts at a time and only stir briefly until the ingredients are just combined!
• The next step is to pour the fairly liquid batter into the ramekins.
• ATTENTION: Please only fill the tins halfway – the cakes will rise! The baking time is about 17 minutes.
• For the cream, mix the curd cheese, cream cheese and strawberry jam and fold in the whipped cream. Now fill the mixture into a piping bag with a star-shaped nozzle and chill.
• Use a sharp knife to cut a small notch in the cooled cupcakes and fill each with 1 tbsp of strawberry jam. Take the piping bag out of the fridge and start decorating the cupcakes.
• The cupcakes look particularly pretty if you decorate them with a small strawberry and add a few chocolate sprinkles on top. Let your creativity run wild!

The team at your Bergland Söll holiday apartment wishes you “good luck” and “bon appétit”! Enjoy the early summer and taste the juicy red fruits! Sources: https://www.fraeulein-gluecklich.com/post/2014/07/03/f%C3%BCnfte-season-strawberry%C3%B6rtchen
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