Tender, moist and fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes with a big dollop of pastry cream baked into the center of each cupcake before they hit the oven.



These vanilla cupcakes have a wonderful vanilla bean flavor, I  Iove eating this cupcake while it is still warm straight from the oven without any frosting on top.

Try this custard baked cupcake warm out of the oven with just a sprinkling of powdered sugar it is a cupcake dream just magical in any way, but then again I love vanilla.

 

I frosted these custard baked vanilla cupcakes with a whipped strawberry crème fraîche frosting, This strawberry frosting has an intense strawberry flavor it is so fresh in taste and incredibly delicious and made in minutes.



This frosting pairs well together with the custard baked vanilla cupcake and is perfect for the summertime, add a fresh strawberry on top for a delicious and simple decoration.



You can also swirl my recipe for Dreamy  Strawberry Frosting on top of the cupcake if you have a sweet tooth you will love that recipe, search in my app for →Dreamy  Strawberry Frosting 

Happy baking you´ll Love, Manuela xoxo

Before You Bake

 

Read the recipe, completely, make sure you have everything you need, This recipe is for 12 medium size cupcakes, You can easily double the recipe, for the cupcake, pastry cream, and frosting.

 

For all the step by step, pictures scroll to  → Notes and click on the clickable link. For questions related to my recipes ask me on my inbox on Instagram @passionforbaking so I can reply to you with an audio message. 

For a homemade version of →crème fraîche for the strawberry frosting scroll to → Notes

Freeze-dried strawberry  → You can find freeze-dried strawberry in the grocery store in the dried fruit aisle at Whole Foods or on Amazon, In Scandinavia, you can find it at most grocery stores.

Instead of freeze-dried strawberries, you can also use →100 gram cold strawberry reduced puree in the frosting, just fold it in at the end of mixing.

Search in the →app for → Dreamy Strawberry Frosting to see how to make a reduced strawberry puree.

Citric Acid  → also is known as sour salt,  you can find it in the spice aisle at most grocery stores.

 

Important note before you start