Nadiya's insane strawberry cupcake recipe! - BBC

Nadiya Hussain presents her favourite recipes for classic bakes with a twist. Everyday cupcakes are transformed into ice cream-flavoured, fun-filled treasures that are guaranteed to make you smile. A traditional scone is given a modern remix in a blueberry scone pizza that might just change the way you think about cream teas forever, while a spicy Asian kick takes a traditional toad-in-the-hole to a new level to create a comforting savoury classic. Finally, the traditional sponge is taken up a notch with mango and coconut flavours that are quite simply sunshine on a plate.

Across the series, Nadiya also shines a spotlight on the skills of some of the country’s incredible bakers and pastry makers. This week, pastry maestro and Instagram sensation Julie Jones shows her awe-inspiring pie decorations that are edible works of art.

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my strawberry shortcake cupcakes with a
velvety ice cream frosting crunchy
biscuit surprise and a juicy strawberry
center will turn the classic cupcake
into a fun filled
treat although i love the classics it's
not something i grew up eating so
i've kind of always gone in and just
thought how can i twist this this i
think this is this is why i bake there's
something in me that so desperately
wants to
create i'm starting with the icing and
this is where the fun begins it's
flavored with
melted strawberry ice cream
so our icing
tastes like buttercream
but also tastes like strawberry ice
cream
start off with 175 grams of salted
butter 350 grams of icing sugar always
sieve you want to get all of those
clumps out whenever i'm sieving icing
sugar my kids come running in and they
just go
you can taste it it's really good
now the magic ingredient that is going
to make the flavour pop
i've got a hundred mils of strawberry
ice cream and it tastes ah
really good
whisk that up
wait till you see the color on this
thank you
to keep the buttercream cool chill in
the fridge for an hour while you make
the cupcakes
so i'm going to do something really fun
with these cupcakes
this is me adding the shortcake
when you open up your cupcake you're
gonna have a layer of buttery biscuit
this is why i absolutely love them
because you can turn your cupcakes into
something really special with all these
little hidden gems
and a strawberry shortcake needs
strawberries
chop the tops off and simply stand the
berries on the biscuits to create a
sweet and juicy center
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let's get to our cupcake cake batter
traditional recipes use butter but for
my ultimate cupcake batter i'm using 110
grams of gorgeous clotted cream yes we
are making
cake with clotted cream i love the stuff
add 110 grams of caster sugar
quick mix then two eggs
ah one at a time
giving it a mix each time
we're gonna add some vanilla bean paste
110 grams of self-raising flour mix that
till we have a lovely
shiny smooth batter easy as that
our strawberries have been waiting very
patiently
very neatly pipe my batter around my
strawberries
and it's moments like this
when it's just me and my cupcakes
and then i just pause
i love that
i don't know what it is if i'm anxious i
bake if i feel a little bit sad i bake
when i'm just concentrating on a recipe
i feel like i don't have to think about
anything else
the secret to the perfect cupcake is to
not overfill always kind of halfway or a
little bit over because you want enough
room for your icing and you don't want a
muffin top
bake until they are fluffy and golden
brown
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look at them look at them you can see
the little strawberry tops
peeking through look
the strawberry will have cooked and the
little juices would have popped and it's
just like oh how exciting
once cooled they are ready for a
luxurious hit of our sweet strawberry
ice cream frosting just give it a little
slap like just get some of that air out
because occasionally you get that little
pop of air which kind of spoils your
swirl
you know me you know i'm not finished
nobody wants a boring old cupcake with
nothing on top
i'm gonna dip these
into some freeze-dried strawberries and
that is gonna give it that last little
strawberry hit
i mean just look at them aren't they the
prettiest cupcakes ever
my strawberry shortcake cupcakes with a
velvety ice cream frosting crunchy
biscuit surprise and a juicy baked
strawberry center will turn the classic
cupcake
into a fun filled treat
i can feel the biscuit under there
have a look can you see it can you see
it there it is
and that's such a nice little surprise
look
at that