Strawberry Shortcake Muffins
Strawberry Shortcake Muffins — a Dawn Foods recipe in 2 components. Uses Dawn Plain Extra Moist Muffin Base 12.5 kg and Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Strawberry – 1 kg.
- oven preheat temperature
- 200 °C
- mixing time (slow speed)
- 1 min
- mixing time (medium speed)
- 2-3 min
- baking temperature
- 200 °C
- baking time
- 20-25 min
Ingredients
Cake Base
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Plain Extra Moist Muffin Base 12.5 kg | 1000 g |
| Water | 500 g |
| Vegetable oil | 300 g |
| Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Strawberry – 1 kgDawn Foods Strawberry Compound | 20 g |
| Pink food colouring | |
| Shortbread biscuits | 30 g |
| Vanilla extract | 5 g |
Assembly
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Foods Cream Cheese Frosting | 300 g |
| Pink food colouring | |
| Strawberry jam | 100 g |
| Dawn White Chocolate Curls | 50 g |
| Dawn Strawberry Curls | 50 g |
| Fresh strawberries, halved | 6 |
Method
- Cake Base
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper muffin cases.
- Cake Base
Place the muffin base, water and vegetable oil into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
- Cake Base
Mix on slow speed for 1 minute, then scrape down the bowl.
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Mix on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
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Divide the batter evenly into two separate bowls.
- Cake Base
Add the strawberry compound and a small amount of pink food colouring to one bowl. Mix until evenly coloured.
- Cake Base
Add the vanilla extract and crushed shortbread biscuits to the second bowl. Mix gently to combine.
- Cake Base
Spoon the vanilla shortcake batter into one side of each muffin case.
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Spoon the strawberry batter into the other side.
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Lightly swirl the centre with a skewer or spoon to create a two-tone effect.
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Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes at 200°C or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cake Base
Remove from the oven and allow the muffins to cool completely before decorating.
- Assembly
Divide the cream cheese frosting into two bowls.
- Assembly
Tint one portion with pink food colouring to create a pale pink frosting.
- Assembly
Place both the plain and pink frostings side-by-side into a piping bag fitted with a nozzle of your choice (a closed star nozzle was used).
- Assembly
Pipe a swirl of the frosting onto each muffin. Tip: if the colours do not swirl immediately, pipe a little onto parchment paper until both colours come through.
- Assembly
Transfer the strawberry jam into a piping bag and drizzle a small amount onto the frosting.
- Assembly
Sprinkle with both strawberry and white chocolate curls.
- Assembly
Finish by placing a halved strawberry on top of each muffin.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.