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Strawberry Mango Margarita Cupcakes

Strawberry Mango Margarita Cupcakes

Colorful strawberry mango flavoured vanilla cupcakes with strawberry mango frosting and strawberry lime decorations.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20 cupcakes
Calories 209 kcal

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • Hand mixer
  • piping bags
  • cupcake tins
  • wire rack

Ingredients
  

Cupcakes

  • 3.5 cups plain all-purpose flour
  • 1.25 cups caster superfine sugar
  • 3 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon fine salt
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1.5 cups full-cream whole milk
  • 0.5 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoon Greek yoghurt or sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 4 drops pink food gel
  • 3 drops red food gel
  • 1 teaspoon strawberry flavouring
  • 4 drops yellow food gel
  • 1 teaspoon mango flavouring
  • 2 teaspoon tequila optional

Frosting

  • 1 batch American buttercream frosting or Swiss meringue buttercream frosting
  • 5 drops pink food gel
  • 3 drops red food gel
  • 1 teaspoon strawberry flavouring
  • 5 drops yellow food gel
  • 1 teaspoon mango flavouring

Decorations

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 10 limes cut into 40 wedges
  • 10 strawberries washed & halved

Instructions
 

Cupcakes

  • Preheat a fan-forced oven to 140°C (275°F) or a conventional oven to 160°C (320°F). Line two cupcake tins with the cupcake liners.
  • Add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt to a large mixing bowl and mix with a hand mixer until well combined.
  • Next, add the softened butter and mix on low speed until the mixture reaches a crumbly, sand-like texture.
  • Add the eggs, milk, oil, yoghurt, tequila and vanilla, and mix on low speed until all the dry ingredients are incorporated. Scrape down the side of the bowl and mix for a final 20 seconds.
  • Split the batter into two separate mixing bowls. Add pink and red food gel to one bowl along with the strawberry flavouring and mix until well combined. Add yellow food gel and mango flavouring to the other bowl and mix.
  • Add both batters to two separate piping bags. Begin by piping yellow batter into your cupcake liners, then pipe swirls of red batter on top.
  • Bake for 40–50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.

Frosting

  • To prepare the frosting, split into two mixing bowls. Add pink and red food gel to one bowl along with the strawberry flavouring and mix until well combined. Add yellow food gel and mango flavouring to the other bowl and mix.
  • Lightly brush the rim of each baked cupcake with a little bit of water. Gently roll the cupcake in sugar to give it the illusion of a salt rimmed glass.
  • Fit the end of a piping bag with an open star tip and frosting a swirl of frosting on top of each cupcake. Add two wedges of lime on the side along with a strawberry cut in half at the front of each cupcake. Finish each cupcake with a paper straw before serving to complete the drink illusion.

Notes

Cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 209kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 124mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 143IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cocktail, Fruit, Strawberry Mango Margarita Cupcakes
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