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Recipe of the Day: Independence Day (Gluten-Free) CupCakes

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Posted by: J. Wolffe on July 2, 2012.
The 4th of July is coming and in America we celebrate by eating and blowing things up. Right? Don’t deny it. We do. This 4th of July wouldn’t you like to serve up something yummy and pretty? Well now you can with these Gluten-Free, Strawberry & Cream Cheese cupcakes! *drool* Enjoy!
{This week’s recipe is brought to you by my long-time friend, Heather Burditt and her blog EclectricReality.net: http://www.eclecticreality.net/strawberry-cream-cheese-cupcakes/. Thanks Heather!}

simple cupcakes

 

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups rice flour (white or half white and half brown)
  • 1/2 cup sorghum flour
  • 1/2 cup potato starch flour
  • 1/4 cup tapioca flour
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp xanthan gum
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 6 tbsp cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 stick butter (softened)
  • 14. oz strawberries (pureed)
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 8 oz. cream cheese (frosting)
  • 1 sticks butter (frosting)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla (frosting)
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar (frosting)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients. Rice flour, potato starch flour, tapioca flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and xanthan gum.
  2. In a medium sized bowl beat together sugar, cream cheese and softened butter until crumbly.
  3. Add sugar mixture to dry ingredients, mix together.
  4. Add strawberry puree, vanilla. Beat for 30 seconds.
  5. Add eggs. Beat on high for 2 minutes. Fill lined cupcake pan.
  6. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. (cupcakes are done when you can poke it with your finger and have it bounce back)
  7. To make the frosting, beat together the 8oz. cream cheese, 1 stick softened butter, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and confectioner’s 2c. sugar until smooth.
  8. Frost completely cooled cupcakes.

Mmmm…

Special Topping

These colorful strawberries to go on top!  The berries are simply dipped in melted white chocolate than in colored sanding sugar or sugar crystals.

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