Last week I made an amazing cupcake. I love fresh fruit with vanilla cake. I like when the cupcake is cool, frosting is a little cool, and then you get the cold fruit. I’m not a fruit cake fan, but I like fruit on my cake. Big difference. 😉
My husband loved these cupcakes! His favorite are my Trifle cupcakes. For vanilla, he said this is his fave!! They have a texture almost like shortcake. On to the recipe!
Tahitian Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes
1 Cup Unsalted Butter, softened
2 Cups Sugar
4 Eggs
2 3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
2 Cups Sugar
4 Eggs
2 3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
3 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup 1% Milk
1 Teaspoon Tahitian Vanilla Extract
1 Teaspoon Tahitian Vanilla Extract
1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
1 pint strawberries; for topping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a standmixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time.
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Then combine the milk with the vanilla extract, paste.
Alternate flour mixture and milk mixture into the batter.
Alternate flour mixture and milk mixture into the batter.
Bake 15-20 minutes.
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
8 Ounces White Chocolate Chips
12 Ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
1 Stick Unsalted butter, Softened
12 Ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
1 Stick Unsalted butter, Softened
2 Tablespoons Heavy Cream
1 Teaspoon Tahitian Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Tahitian Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
In microwave melt the white chocolate, let cool.
In mixer, beat together cream cheese, heavy cream, and butter.
Mix in vanilla extract, vanilla bean paste, powdered sugar, and cooled chocolate.
Slice and chop some fresh strawberries, frost and decorate your cupcakes! 🙂
You can also top with other berries!
Gorgeous! Some cupcakes are just so over-the-top these days, it’s nice to get back to the basics. Vanilla cake is so underrated. 🙂
Those look delicious!
These sound so good and look amazing, Courtney!
YES PLEASE! Fresh strawberries are ready for picking around here, so this makes me need to bake these immediately!
Ooh, that looks awesome…great pics!
Strawberries on top of ANYTHING is a weakness of mine…plus cupcakes! WHEW! My mouth is watering!
Oh my goodness! Those look so good!! With the blueberries, this would be a perfect dessert for 4th of July celebrations. Yum!!! 😀
Yummy Yum YUM!
I am going to try these for my soon to be 7 year old’s upcoming bday party. She should luv these. Can’t wait!
Those look absolutely fantastic! I will have to try these!
These are wonderful cupcakes. Love the strawberries on top!
mmmm, those look so good!
Ohhhh myyyy goooooodness. Now I know what to do with my strawberries.
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yum!
Those look amazing!
Oh my, you had me at strawberries!
So yummy for my tummy! Thanks for sharing this!
these look so good!
Delicious! I want one now!
These look delicious. I love how you did the topping.
Although it’s fall, I think these would be perfect ANY time of year.
Mmmmm. Yummolicious!
Looks really good!
They look good, at first I thought it was pico on top, now I am thinking of something a bit different 🙂
Yummy!
That looks really yummy.
I am drooling!!
Those look very yummy! 🙂
I’ve been looking for new frosting recipes, instead of my standard homemade cream cheese frosting. Thanks.
Just pinned this to my Valentine’s Day board – can’t wait to try it!!
I like the topping you have on it.
These sounds so good I have tons of strawberries right now!
Simply divine!
This looks really yummy.
These look amazing!
They really do look good. We make cake pops in orange county, and that would be an amazing flavor combination if we could figure it out.
Looks so good!
These really look AMAZING! I am a fruit with cake girl too.
Those looks so refreshing!
That looks so freaking GOOD!
I wish I had some cupcakes right now!
These would be perfect during summer
This look great, perfect for a summer/spring barbeque.
these look so good- I love strawberry desserts.
Where can you find Tahitian Vanilla extract? I’ve never heard of it before. Perhaps I will try it with regular vanilla extract instead
These look so yummy! I wish I would have seen this recipe when we picked fresh strawberries last month.
These cupcakes look so pretty..and yummy too!