Strawberry Rhubarb Cupcakes ~These delicious cupcakes were the winner of the Gold Medal Flour contest in 2010. My parents had a large garden in our backyard as we were growing up. My mom had a whole fence line of beautiful climbing rosebushes. Dad grew rhubarb, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, popcorn, cucumbers, and carrots just to name a few. He even had a section of mint. I remember sneaking from his garden, just to chew on all the fresh goodies. Mom canned tomatoes for her delicious tomato sauce and was always making rhubarb pies. Oh, the memories!
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Strawberry-Rhubarb Cupcakes
Strawberry Rhubarb Cupcakes ~use your garden fresh produce to make these cupcakes even more fresh and delicious.
Prep Time: 55 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Adjust Servings: 12
Calories: 320
Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 cup chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 teaspoons milk
Instructions
- In 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, cook strawberries, rhubarb, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon flour and 1 tablespoon butter, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat; transfer to small bowl. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until chilled.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups. In small bowl, stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder and salt; set aside. Reserve 2 tablespoons strawberry mixture for frosting. In another small bowl, stir together remaining strawberry mixture, 1/3 cup milk and the vanilla.
- In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat until blended. Add half the flour mixture then half of the strawberry mixture, beating well after each addition. Repeat with remaining flour and strawberry mixtures. (Batter will be thick.) Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 tablespoon softened butter and the reserved 2 tablespoons strawberry mixture with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar and enough milk until frosting is of desired spreading consistency. Spread frosting on cooled cupcakes.
Notes
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 320kcal (16%) | Carbohydrates: 40g (13%) | Protein: 3g (6%) | Fat: 12g (18%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (35%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 50mg (17%) | Sodium: 200mg (8%) | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 35g (39%) | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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Those cupcakes look so good!
Thanks Akaleistar! Much appreciated. Enjoy your week.
They look and sound delicious! Thanks for sharing at Sew It Cook It Craft It.
Thank you Lina. I love #SewItCookItCraftIt. Have a great week!
Oh my Marilyn they look so good I want to make these
Thanks Amber for the visit. Have a blessed day!
I love the strawberry and rhubarb combination, these cup cakes will be delicious. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
I never make cupcakes and when I do they are chocolate. These were a good change. Have a blessed week.
Oh, I love me some strawberry cupcakes!!
Thanks for linking up to Waste Not Wednesday
These are awesome! Thanks for visiting.
Marilyn, I read your post with interest. I saw your dad grew popcorn! Is that like on a corncob? I’ve always wondered about that & how Indian corn is grown too…must be the same way b/c popcorn doesn’t grow on trees, I know! Your cupcakes look wonderful! Now we can get rhubarb in the South…saw it in the store just last week. Thanks for sharing at Sweet Inspiration!!
Yes Florence. My son now grows it too. He learned early on not to grow them side by side. When they a pollentaed you get a mixture and even the animals don’t prefer it. Once you harvest the popcorn you have to let it totally dry (like Indian corn). My kids pop it in the microwave. We lived in the burbs and Dad rototilled the entire back yard and behind the garage. To grow all kinds of things. It was an embarassment for this teenager. Other kids had pools, we had corn etc. LOL. Have a blessed day.
One of my favorite flavor combinations. Thanks for sharing your delicious recipe with us on Sunday Dinner Bell!
I love crock pot meals. This is one of the few I found to keep the noodles a bit firmer. Have a great week.
I love rhubarb so much, but I have never put it in cakes. I am sure they would taste great.
Kathleen
Blogger’s Pit Stop
It is great in fillings and frostings, too. Thanks for visiting Kathleen. Have a great week.
These look yummy and so pretty!!! Yum!
Thank you Kelly! Have a great week.
Oh these look sooo good! Thanks for sharing this at the #hppynowlinkup
You are welcome Jen. Thanks for the visit! Have a great week.
I need to try these! I’ve grown rhubarb in my garden for many years, but I never do anything with it!
There are so many uses for rhubarb. It goes well with not only strawberries but bluberries too. I have a Bluebarb Pie here: https://www.marilynstreats.com/double-crust-bluebarb-pie/
Enjoy! Have a great week!
Yummy! These look delicious. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome! Enjoy your weekend.
Thanks for sharing this cupcake recipe, it is funny I have never thought of strawberry-rhubarb outside of a pie! I am not much of a bake from scratch girl. Thanks for sharing!
I rarely bake from scratch much now the kids are older. But it is nice when my grandbaby wants a treat!! Enjoy your weekend.
These look so yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe at C&C with J&J!
Thank you Julie! Enjoy your weekend.
I love strawberry rhubarb recipes! These cupcakes look wonderful!
Thank Maribeth! But I still like the cobbler. Need to make one soon. Enjoy your weekend.
Its always good to have a great rhubarb recipe on hand. This looks delish.
Thanks Leanna! There is a good crop this year. Enjoy your weekend.
Oh yum! My bf loooooves rhubarb, he would go crazy for these! (Thanks for sharing on the Bloggers Pit Stop!)
I like rhubarb if it is drowning in strawberries. They are a great combo. Enjoy!
They look delish. I do not know if I could ever get them to look like that?My husband would probably love them.
I rarely make cupcakes for two reasons. They are too time consuming and they almost never turn out like this. I usually turn them into muffins. LOL. Have a blessed day and thanks for the visit.
They look amazing I must give them a try. Thanks for sharing, you are the best!
Thank you for the kind words. I hope you get a chance to sample them. Have a blessed day.
I have yet to try Rhubarb. I really need to rectify that.
I find it good if it is cooked first. My family likes to eat it like celery. (Akk) thanks for the visit!
Your cupcakes sound so delicious, I never thought of mixing strawberry and rhubarb together before, I will have to try it!
Ihad seen it at a bakery. Since I had some jarred still in my kitchen I thought I would try it. Thx and have a blessed day!
These look so tasty!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks Jess. Enjoy your day!
Were you the 2010 contest winner? If so, Wow!
And thanks for sharing the recipe!
I wish I was the winner! No, I just follow the magazine and then try to replicate the best! Thanks for thinking it was possible Michele! Have a blessed week!
I was looking for a new link party and found Saturday Sharefest and when I was glancing at the links, yours jumped out at me. I love Strawberries and Rhubarb. Your post brought back some good childhood memories for me. We had Rhubarb plants that grew along the back of our yard. My mother made Rhubarb Cobbler. Thank you so much for sharing. Pinned and Shared.
I am so glad you found my post! It measns so much when I get comments like this. Bringing back memories with my recipes is one of the greatest perks being a blogger. I want to give a shameless commercial here. I host three parties myself and invite you to join any of them you may be new to. You can find them in my sidebar. (marilynstreats.com) have a great week!
Thank you for the info. Bringing back memories really is one of the greatest perks of being a blogger!!! Thanks again.
I have not tasted anything rhubarb since I was 12 years old staying with my aunt. These look so refreshing!!! Pinned!!! 🙂
We do like strawberry-rhubard combinations… and have made pie and cake, but not muffins. Good idea. 🙂
I love that it is a few bites as the kids don’t ever eat a whole piece of pie! Have a wonderful week!