
There is beauty in the rain.
Or in fallen cupcakes. Gravity laughed as my Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake toppled over. Ok only one fell over and I still got my pictures of the finished product, but I thought it was beautiful the way it fell. Kinda like all the layers slid apart so you could see the individual components. Sometimes you just need to take a step back and appreciate that everything doesn’t go as planned. And sometimes, the outcome is better than what you could imagine.

The only adjusting I did was moved it from where it fell to the little plate for pictures, but I was careful not to mess up the placement. But seriously, after I added the strawberry on top, it toppled over just like that.

Of course with fresh strawberries, you just have to make a shortcake. Biscuits or sponge cake? Personally, I’m a cake girl (shocker). I thought about those little round sponge cakes you always see in the produce aisle. And of course I couldn’t go through strawberry season without making a cupcake.

These are sponge cakes layered with strawberry curd and whipped cream. Feel free to use strawberry jam instead. If you have neither, it’s easy to make your own (strawberry curd recipe and strawberry jam recipe), or just load the layers with sliced strawberries.

Since you’ll be removing the cupcake wrappers, either use cheap white ones or a silicone pan. If you use a silicone pan, let it cool completely in the pan before removing because I broke a few for being too warm.
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
Ingredients
Whipped Cream
Instructions
Source: Adapted from 125 Best Cupcake Recipes by Julie Hasson
Renee says
Seriously Carla, YUM! These cupcakes look heavenly.
Laura Janssen says
Oh my, these look absolutely adorable and delicious! Such cute cupcakes and I agree with you that the photograph of the “fallen over” cupcake looks very good! Shows it off nicely. :)
Jen @ Juanita's Cocina says
I’m a new fan of tumbled food pics, thanks to you.
Also, I’m making strawberry curd in a few minutes. I’ll let you know how it goes.
You’re my new food muse!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
I love that you shared the fallen cupcake picture!
Pt626 says
I love this recipe idea! I can’t wait to try it. Though, I bet when I do my cupcake with tumble even more!
cynthia says
Oh my gosh, what a funny coincidence — I’m posting something similar to this in a few days and had SUCH PROBLEMS with making my cakes stand up too! I was so frustrated. But hey, they’re delicious no matter how they fall, right? And yours look beautiful :) Love your blog!
Eileen Derosa says
I loved this cupcake, and it is so yummy! Thank you, Carla
Carla says
Wonderful! Glad you enjoyed it.