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Strawberry jam filled cupcakes are so easy to make from scratch!! Curd or yogurt makes the cake soft and moist.
Do you know what is best thing about strawberry jam?? well, the answer is simple...you can have strawberries when they are not in season....and make cupcakes or cakes....when you have that strawberry craving ....like I had!
I know summer is not the best time to bake, at least when ice creams and frappuccinos are ruling.....but, I-had-to-eat-a-strawberry-cup-cake-feeling; which was overpowering!!
So I ransacked my refrigerator and found two jars of organic strawberry jam which I bought from Nelliyampathy Hills and I had completely forgotten about them (HOW-COULD-I??).
Like any strawberry-holic, I opened…
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