🧁 Strawberry-Filled Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache

⏱️ Time & Yield

• Prep Time: 25 minutes
• Bake Time: 18–22 minutes
• Total Time: ~1 hour
• Yield: 10–12 cupcakes

🧾 Ingredients

🧁 Cupcake Batter

• 150g all-purpose flour
• 120g sugar
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 120ml milk
• 80ml vegetable oil (or melted butter)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

🍓 Strawberry Filling

• 150g strawberries (chopped)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water

🍫 Chocolate Ganache

• 120g dark or milk chocolate
• 100ml heavy cream

✨ Toppings

• Fresh strawberries
• Chopped nuts or chocolate chips (optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Make the Cupcake Batter

• In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt
• In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla
• Combine wet + dry ingredients
• Mix until smooth (do NOT overmix)

2. Bake

• Line a cupcake tray
• Fill each cup ~70% full
• Bake at 175°C (350°F) for 18–22 minutes
• Until a toothpick comes out clean

Cool completely.

3. Make Strawberry Filling

• Cook strawberries + sugar + lemon juice over medium heat
• Stir until soft and juicy
• Add cornstarch slurry → cook until thick

👉 Texture: jam-like, not watery

Cool fully.

4. Fill the Cupcakes

• Cut a small hole in the center of each cupcake
• Spoon or pipe strawberry filling inside

👉 Don’t overfill (or it leaks)

5. Make Chocolate Ganache

• Heat cream until hot (not boiling)
• Pour over chopped chocolate
• Stir until smooth

Let cool slightly until thick but pourable.

6. Decorate

• Spoon or drizzle ganache over cupcakes
• Add chopped nuts or crumbs
• Top with fresh strawberry

🍽️ Texture & Flavor

• Soft, fluffy cake
• Sweet-tangy strawberry center
• Rich chocolate topping

👉 Balanced, not too sweet

💡 Pro Tips

🧠 Moist cupcakes trick

• Use oil instead of butter → softer texture

🍓 Stronger flavor

• Add a bit of strawberry jam to filling

🍫 Perfect ganache

• Ratio matters → too much cream = runny

🔪 Clean filling

• Use piping bag → neater than spoon

❌ Common Mistakes

• Dry cupcakes → overbaked
• Filling too runny → not thick enough
• Ganache too thin → wrong ratio

🔥 Variations

• Chocolate cupcake base 🍫
• Cream cheese filling 🧀
• White chocolate topping 🤍
• Blueberry or raspberry version 🫐

🍴 Serving

• Best served same day
• Store in fridge (up to 2 days)
• Bring to room temp before eating