White Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Swiss Buttercream
This easy chocolate cupcake recipe creates moist white chocolate cupcakes topped with swirls of fluffy strawberry Swiss buttercream frosting.
As I promised last week, the white chocolate cupcakes recipe is here. I've tried this recipe several times to perfect it. I think we have a winner!
If you enjoy white chocolate desserts, you should check out my recipes for White Chocolate Cherry Bombs and No Bake White Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake.
After the gorgeous weather today and this easy white chocolate cupcake recipe, I'm ready to get on with spring. It was so nice outside, the baby and I worked and played outside all day. So, if you're wondering why I'm posting so late, let's blame Mother Nature.
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I'm going to just make this short and sweet. Let's get to the white chocolate cupcakes recipe.
How to Make Strawberry Frosted White Chocolate Cupcakes
White Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Swiss Buttercream
Ingredients
White Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups half and half , scalded
- 2 cup white chocolate chips white baking chocolate
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
Strawberry Compote
- 3 cups strawberries frozen
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
- 6 large egg whites
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- ¾ cup shortening
- 2 cups salted butter room temperature
Instructions
For the white chocolate cupcakes
- Preheat oven 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with liners.
- In the stand mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium speed with the paddle attachment. Scrape down the sides.
- Add one egg at a time and mix until combined with butter mixture. Scrape down the sides and repeat with each egg.
- In a saucepan, heat milk on medium heat until small bubbles form on the edges of the pan.
- In a medium bowl, add the white chocolate chips.
- Pour the scalded milk into the bowl of white chocolate chips. Let it sit for a moment.
- Whisk the milk and chocolate chips until they are completely combined. No bits should be in the mixture.
- In a separate medium bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Alternately add the dry and wet mixture into the stand mixer bowl. Start with the dry. Beat until incorporated.
- Then add the wet mixture and beat until mixed thoroughly.
- Repeat adding the dry and wet mixtures. Be sure to end with the dry mixture.
- Scoop batter into the cupcake liners. Place in the oven for 20 minutes or until they're done.
- Take out and cool on cooling rack.
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
- In a double boiler, add the egg whites and granulated sugar.
- Stir until the sugar is dissolved. This is when the egg whites reach about 160 degrees.
- Pour into the stand mixer bowl, and whip with a whisk attachment on high. The meringue needs to come to stiff peaks. If you turn the whisk upside down and the peak stands straight up, you've reached the stiff peak stage.
- Add in the sifted powdered sugar and mix until combined.
- Add all at once the shortening and butter. Beat until it all comes together. It will thicken up at this point. If the mixture looks like it curdled, keep mixing. It will come back together.
Strawberry Compote
- In a saucepan, add the strawberries and sugar. Put over medium heat.
- Mix the strawberries and sugar until the juices start to flow.
- Stir occasionally.
- The process can take 10-15 minutes. Smash the berries against the sides of the pan to help the juice.
- The compote will only have bits and pieces of strawberries left when it's done.
- At this point, you can strain the chunks out or mix them into the buttercream. I choose to leave mine in.
- I mixed the strawberry compote in with about 4 cups of swiss buttercream.
Notes
Nutrition
(Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.)
I hope you enjoy some white chocolate cupcakes with strawberry Swiss buttercream!
How long does it take to make this??
I would say it takes about 15 minutes to make the batter and 20 minutes to bake them. Hope that helps. Thanks for commenting!
These look very tasty. I suck at baking but i so badly want to try these
These cupcakes look fantastic! I love that big mound of frosting. White chocolate cupcakes sound so good!
Thank you! I love a cupcake with lots of frosting.
These look amazing, white chocolate and strawberry has got to be a winner. I am definitely going to add these to the 'to bake list', as soon as strawberries come into season I am going to make these! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you!
Your cupcakes sound divine, I love white chocolate and berries together! They look gorgeous too 🙂
Thank you! They are delicious! I hope you get to give them a try.
The cupcakes look so cute! And the frosting sounds and looks very yummy:)
Thank you! These were really tasty!
I can imagine 🙂 I am waiting for fresh strawberries.. 🙂