❤️🧁 Strawberry Lava Red Velvet Cupcake (Soft Outside, Melt Inside)

✨ Overview

This is a Red Velvet Cupcake with a strawberry lava center + cream cheese frosting.

👉 What makes it crazy good:

• Soft red velvet sponge
• Creamy center
• Strawberry sauce that flows when you bite

🧾 Ingredients (12 cupcakes)

🧁 Red Velvet Base

• 150g flour
• 120g sugar
• 1 egg
• 120ml milk
• 60g butter (or oil)
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• Red food coloring
• 1 tsp baking powder

🍓 Strawberry Lava Filling

• 150g strawberries
• 40g sugar
• 1 tsp cornstarch

🧀 Cream Cheese Filling (inside layer)

• 150g cream cheese
• 30g sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

🍓 Frosting

• Cream cheese + whipped cream (light style)

🔥 Instructions

🍓 1. Make Strawberry Lava

• Cook strawberries + sugar
• Add cornstarch → thicken
• Cool completely

👉 Needs to be thick but still flowy

🧁 2. Bake Cupcakes

• Mix batter
• Fill molds halfway
• Bake 170°C ~18 mins

🔪 3. Core the Cupcake

• Cut a hole in the center

🧱 4. Fill Layers

• Add cream cheese layer
• Add strawberry lava on top

👉 Double layer = extra surprise

🍓 5. Frost & Decorate

• Pipe frosting
• Add fresh strawberries

💥 Texture & Flavor

• Moist cake
• Creamy middle
• Sweet-tart strawberry burst

👉 Every bite = different texture

⚡ Pro Tips

• Chill filling before using → easier to control
• Don’t overfill or it leaks
• Use piping bag for clean filling
• Add a bit of lemon → makes strawberry pop

💰 Why this is viral-level dessert

• That lava effect when cut = insane visuals 📸
• Perfect for:
  • TikTok food clips
  • Bakery signature item
  • Gift boxes

👉 High emotional + visual impact