Pineapple Cream Cupcakes

By srumbel

Oh my word these are good.
And they are SUPER easy to make since you start with a cake mix!
from twelveOeight

Ingredients

• cake or cupcake:
• 1 box of yellow cake mix
• 1/3 cup melted butter, cooled
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 cup of crushed pineapple with juice
• 2 t. vanilla extract
• cream cheese frosting:
• 1/2 cup of butter, softened
• 8 oz of room temperature cream cheese
• 1 t. vanilla extract
• 3-4 cups of powdered sugar
• Maraschino cherries for the top of each cupcake
• and yellow sugar sprinkles*

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat over to 350* and fill cupcake pans with liners.
In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix, butter,
eggs, pineapple, and vanilla and blend well. Fill cupcake
liners about 2/3 full, and bake for 17-23 minutes
depending on your oven. When cupcakes are golden
on top and spring back when touched they are done.
Cool completely.

In a mixing bowl combine butter, cream cheese, vanilla and
powdered sugar (start with 3 cups add more if needed) and
blend with hand mixer until smooth. Frost & decorate
cupcakes and enjoy!