GF Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Icing

By merehodge

Ingredients

• 2 cups GF flour
• 2 tsp xanthan gum (don’t skip!)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup shortening (CF margarine also works, may produce a slightly more ‘yellow’ cupcake)
• 1 cup GFCF milk (we used vanilla almond milk – yum!)
• 1 tsp GFCF vanilla
• 3 eggs
• Frosting
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup CF margarine
• 1 tsp vanilla
• splash of milk (sub)
• 3-4 frozen strawberries, heated in microwave about 40 seconds & then mash

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350. Measure all ingredients into a bowl. Blen about 30 seconds on low, scraping bowl. Beat 3 minutes on high speed until well blended.

Spoon into cupcake papers & bake about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool and frost.

Frosting:
Beat together until smooth and thick. You can add additional sugar to thicken or a touch more milk to thin. If you don’t want strawberry bits in your icing, you’ll have to just use the juice, no fruit. We like it with the fruit and juice. Makes a light pink coloured icing, you could add more berries for deeper colour and flavour. 3-4 will produce pink without any “berry” taste. (Or food colouring!)