Pockets of Strawberry Cupcakes

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1 box white cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
• 2/3 cup seedless strawberry or raspberry jam
• 6 to 8 medium strawberries (about 6 oz), hulled
• 2 containers fluffy white frosting
• 12 strawberries, sliced, for garnish if desired

Details

Servings 24
Cooking time 105mins
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.

2 Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

3 By slowly spinning end of round handle of wooden spoon back and forth, make deep, 1/2-inch-wide indentation in center of top of each cupcake, not quite to bottom (wiggle end of spoon in cupcake to make opening large enough).

4 Spoon jam into resealable heavy-duty food-storage plastic bag. Cut about 1/4 inch off corner of bag. Gently push cut corner of bag into center of cupcake. Squeeze about 1 tablespoon jam into center of each cupcake for filling.

5 Place 6 oz strawberries in blender. Cover; pulse 20 seconds to puree strawberries. Measure 1/2 cup of the strawberry puree into medium bowl. Stir in both containers frosting until well mixed. Generously frost cupcakes. Garnish with sliced strawberries. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

An easy way to hull strawberries is to push one end of a plastic drinking straw into the point of the berry and push it through to pop off the green cap.

If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.

1 Cupcake Calories250 ( Calories from Fat90), Total Fat10g (Saturated Fat2 1/2g, Trans Fat2g ), Cholesterol0mg Sodium170mg Total Carbohydrate39g (Dietary Fiber0g Sugars5g ), Protein1g