A lovely, chewy mochi cake studded with strawberries. Yes – the Hello Kitty liners make them taste better…
ingredients:
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 pint strawberries (rinsed, hulled, quartered)
1 cup flour
3/4 cup mochiko
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a cupcake pan with liners.
If you don’t know what mochiko is, it’s a rice flour that give a nice flavor and chew – especially to baked goods. You can find it in an asian supermarket.
In a small saucepan, bring the strawberries to a boil over medium heat – just about 2 minutes – you want them to look like this:
Set the strawberries aside.
In a medium bowl whisk the flour, mochiko, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar, then add the eggs until light and fluffy. Alternate the flour mixture with the milk, adding the vanilla in at the end. Fold in the strawberries.
Pour into prepped liners. This recipe will fill 12 cupcake cups. Bake for 20 minutes depending on your oven, testing with a toothpick. Let cool on a wire rack. These are great plain, with a little powdered sugar on top, but also fantastic with a vanilla buttercream frosting.
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I am def gonna try your recipe….looks great. where could I find those cute hello kitty liners at?
i need those HK liners. never mind that i already have a few hundred from surfas in my drawers, and i rarely back these days. need.
These look delicious and easy-I’ve been wondering what mochi was from your recipes–now I know. I love the liners too–did you make them yourself? Great recipe and adorable at the same time!! A winner!
Yum! I love your Mochiko recipes!
And yes, I need to get some of those Hello Kitty liners. Where can we buy them?
Wow! I love them cupcake liners and I do love mochi – so this is just slammin’!
Those look SO good!
I also altered a snack cake recipe to use mochiko — turned out good & so mochi-like
I got the liners at a Hello Kitty store, I stumbled upon them. Then, a reader sent me even more, which is great since there are only SIX in a pack!
ooh..this look soo yummy, especially in the hello kitty liners!! =P Does this have a chewy texture like mochi?
I really want to try these…but being that I have never worked with mochiko before, is there anything special I should know…like does it get gummy if stirred too much, etc? Thanks for posting all of your great recipes and ideas! I am so addicted to this site!!!
@Gigi, Not really, just stir to combine. I rarely overstir anything though…
I don’t usually overmix either…it just seems to be a problem for me with pancakes!!
I picked up some Mochiko at Wegmans yesterday…hopefully I will try out some recipes over the weekend! Thanks again!
OMG..I need those Hello Kitty muffin liners stat!! So freakin’ cute. Cupcakes look yummy too.
Hi, Jenn!
I’m new to the baking scene . . . in the Mochiko Strawberry Cupcake recipe, when boiling the strawberries, is liquid added to the strawberries, or just the juices that come from the strawberries is enough?
Mahalo!
Lani
i just made a vegan version of these w/egg replacer (potato starch and tapioca flour) and whole wheat instead of all purpose flour. they turned out great! thanks jenn for such a great recipe! yay for mochi!
yummy.
I LOVE your recipes! your kids don’t know how lucky they are to have you as their mom.
i was wondering – if i doubled this recipe, could i bake it in a 9×13 pan like your blueberry mochi cake recipe? i’m too lazy to do cupcakes but i LOVE the sound of this recipe.
@B
I’m sure it’d be great as one big ol’ cake!
I love this recipe…i was thinking of adapting it into a birthday cake for a friend. have any good frosting (chocolate?) recipes that would go with this cake recipe?
I made this a couple of months ago, and it was delicious! It wasn’t too sweet, and it made the perfect breakfast treat. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!