Cardamom Cupcakes with Strawberry and Pistachio
We’ve had a busy few weeks at home! There have been lots of visitors staying with us so I’ve had an excuse to bake some tasty treats… Does there always need to be an excuse to make cakes? If so, I’m sure I could think of one at the drop of a hat! 🙂
Strawberry Plant
During the British summer there is an abundance of strawberries, the season is relatively short but they are oh so delicious! I tried to grow a couple of strawberry plants in pots this year but there wasn’t much of a harvest…though what we did get was delicious! Strawberries and cream… the quintessential British summer treat!
Home Grown Strawberries
These Cardamom Cupcakes with Fresh Cream, Strawberries and Pistachios were a real pleasure to eat! I decided at the last minute to add the cardamom as an afterthought, I have a tendency to  add cardamom to any cake recipe I get away with!
Cardamom Cupcakes with Strawberry and Pistachios
Ingredients:
- 200g self-raising flour
- 200g butter
- 180g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbs milk (add as required)
- 1 tsp cardamom (seeds from about 7-8 pods ground up)
- 300ml double cream
- 2 tbs icing sugar
- Strawberries (for decorating)
- Pistachio nuts (toasted and crushed for decorating)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C, line a 12 hole cupcake tin with paper cases
- Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs one at a time
- Fold in the flour and cardamom, adding milk if the batter is too thick
- Half fill the paper cases and bake for 10-15 minutes
- Allow cupcakes to cool on a wire rack, in the meantime beat the cream with the icing sugar until it is thick enough to pipe
- Once the cupcakes are completely cool, decorate with the fresh cream, strawberries and pistachio nuts
Cardamom Cupcakes with Strawberry and Pistachio
These cupcakes are very quick to make and the contrasting colours mean they look very pretty! The cardamom adds an interesting background flavour, the strawberry adds some freshness, the pistachio gives a little added texture and the fresh cream brings all the flavours together…
Cardamom Cupcakes with Strawberry and Pistachio
I very rarely use fresh cream on cupcakes but after baking these little beauties, I am left wondering why! 😀
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