i am making cupcakes this weekend for my daughters b-dauy party i was planning on making van. cupcakes filled with strawberries and van. custard. my question is has anyone baked with fresh strawberries before??? i would like to fill the papercups with batter halfway then add sliced strawberries then filled papercups with the rest of the batter. im not sure how well the strawberries will bake. and im scared if i use persserves then it wont taste very good. can anyone please help me. thank you in advanced.

I filled cupcakes, after baking, with preserves with great successs.

Just put a large tip with a coupler on a bag and use it to insert some preserves into the center of the cupcake.

You can also make a nice filling by mixing the preserves with a bit of icing, then stuffing the cupcake.

Works great, guaranteed to taste good.

Let me make sure to share my experiences:


DO NOT USE CHEAP JAM!!!!


For some stupid reason I used the storebrand version one time to make swirls in cake batter. Tasted awful. Just be sure to get the priciest stuff you can buy and that it specifically says preserves and not jelly or jam. I mean, it's only an extra buck or two, well worth the results you'll get. Don't be like me and end up throwing the whole thing out! lol

Otherwise, if you want to use actual fruit, don't be afraid to go for it. When you think about it, you're doing exactly that if you bake an apple cake that calls for chopped up apples, or when you're baking muffins and mixing in berries. For best results, you'll obviously want to chop those strawberries up some, as chunks that are too big run the risk of sinking through the batter. And as one last alternative, you might also consider using strawberry filling as you would on any ordinary cake. Except this time, puree or mince the berries before you saute them with sugar and thickener such as cornstarch. Just load that up into a piping bag after it's cooled a bit with a round tip thats big enough to squirt through, preferably a long one like a pastry cream tip, pierce and squirt a bit from two opposite sides, and tasty filled cupcakes you have.