Strawberry Cupcakes with Ricotta

Nora

Easy and delicious Strawberry ricotta cupcakes. The light, subtle ricotta sponge allows the strawberry flavor to develop and dominate the taste entirely.

5 from 129 votes

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Cooling 1

Total Time 2

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings Cupcakes

Calories 332 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Buttercream

1 cup Strawberries fresh
1 cup Butter soft, unsalted
2 cup Powdered Sugar

For the Ricotta Cupcake Sponge

2 cup All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup Powdered Sugar
2 Eggs
5 tablespoon Unsalted butter
¼ cup Milk
¾ cup White chocolate bar or callets
1 cup Ricotta cheese

Decoration (Optional)

Sugar Sprinkles of your liking

Instructions

Ricotta Sponge

First, preheat the oven to 356 °F / 180 °C and grease the muffin tins with butter.
Now mix the dry ingredients (2 cup All-Purpose Flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, and 1 cup Powdered Sugar) in a bowl.
2 cup All-Purpose Flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, 2 cup Powdered Sugar
In a second bowl, mix 2 Eggs, 5 tablespoon Unsalted butter, and ¼ cup Milk.
2 Eggs, 5 tablespoon Unsalted butter, ¼ cup Milk
Add these wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix them with the kitchen machine to a smooth dough.
Melt ¾ cup White chocolate .
¾ cup White chocolate
Stir the melted (or chopped couverture) and 1 cup Ricotta cheese into the mixture.
1 cup Ricotta cheese
Fill the muffin cups halfway and bake for 15-20 minutes (depending on your oven).
Take the muffins out of the oven and let them cool down on a cake rack.

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

Wash, clean and chop 1 cup Strawberries and then mix them with a blender. (If necessary, sieve it through a hair sieve).
1 cup Strawberries
Beat 5 tablespoon Unsalted butter for about five minutes until light. After that, sieve 2 cup Powdered Sugar through a sieve and mix it into the butter spoonful by spoonful.
1 cup Butter, 1 cup Powdered Sugar
For the next step, mix the strawberry puree into the buttercream, also by the spoonful.
Ensure that you only add the strawberry puree again when the buttercream and the puree have formed a homogeneous mass!

Assemble the Cupcakes

Once the frosting is ready, fill it into a piping bag with an open star tip.
Pipe the strawberry buttercream on the cooled muffins.
OPTIONAL: Decorate the cupcakes with Sugar Sprinkles of your liking or edible glitter.
Sugar Sprinkles of your liking
Serve either on a large dessert plate, an etagère, or individually on a dessert plate.

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