Neapolitan Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cake

1 1/4 cup cake flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tbsp baking powder

Castor sugar

1/2 stick unsalted butter

2 egg whites

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla essence

125g strawberries (put aside 3 for decoration)

1/4 cup cocoa powder

A dash of lemon juice

Icing

1 stick unsalted butter

1 tbsp heavy cream

A pinch of salt

3 cups icing sugar

1 tbsp cocoa powder

A dash of lemon juice

Steps

1) Sift and whisk cake flour, baking powder & salt together.

2) Whisk egg whites until fluffy, add milk.

3) Beat butter, sugar & vanilla essence together then add in item 1 & 2. Combine well before splitting the mixture into 3 bowls.

4) Add cocoa powder into 1 bowl.

5) Add cut strawberries & a dash of lemon juice into another bowl. Mix well until turns light pink.

6) Pour 3 mixtures into cupcake liners. Get creative!

7) Bake at 180°C for 15 to 17 minutes.

8) To make the icing, beat softened butter until pale before adding heavy cream, icing sugar, salt & vanilla essence.

9) Split into 2 portions. Add a dash of lemon juice into one and cocoa powder in the other.

10) Wait for cupcakes to cool before frosting & topping the cake with cut strawberries~

Good even without the icings

Frosted and decorated

You can add the strawberry in the icing if you prefer :)

Bits of strawberries gave the cupcake some chewy texture <3

Try it!

Original recipe from My Baking Addiction