- 24
- 60 mins
- 80 mins
Ingredients
- CUPCAKE INGREDIENTS
- Boxed cake mix (I use this kind)
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1/2 cup melted butter (not margarine)
- 1 cup of water
- STRAWBERRY FILLING INGREDIENTS
- One jar of high-end strawberry jelly or preserves (my favorite)
- 2 oz Cream Cheese
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Mix with food processor or mixer until smooth and thoroughly mixed.
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING INGREDIENTS
- 10 Tbsp butter, slightly firm but not cold
- 10 oz cream cheese, cold
- 2 1 /2 Tbsp sour cream
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 cups powdered sugar
Preparation
Step 1
1. Preheat over to 350°. Line muffin or cupcake pan with 24 cupcake liner cups.
2. In a large bowl, add cake mix, eggs, butter and water. Mix on low for one minute until ingredients are combined and then switch to high for approximately one minute until batter is thick and creamy.
3. Spoon batter into cupcake liners.
4. Bake for 20 minutes at 350°.
5. Once cupcakes have cooled completely, cut a round plug out of each cupcake with a cupcake corer. If you don’t have a cupcake corer, you can use a sharp knife or apple corer, but be sure keep the plug round and evenly cut. Set the plugs aside to use later.
6. Pipe or spoon strawberry filling into each cupcake center. Leave a little bit of room at the top.
7. Take the plugs you removed and close each hole. You may want to pull a little piece of cake off the plug to make it fit better.
8. Frost cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing.
* For a gorgeous look, make swirled cupcake frosting – it’s super easy!
Swirled Cupcake Frosting
1. Prepare cupcake frosting and set to the side in a bowl. Make sure that the frosting is thick enough to stay in shape. If not, add powdered sugar until it’s thick enough.
2. Take an Icing Bag or Parchment Cone and stand it up in a cup. Make sure you’ve added your icing tip if you plan to use one.
3. Starting near the tip of the icing bag, draw along the side of the cone with gel food coloring.
4. Scoop spoonfuls of frosting to middle of the bag, taking care to not slide the frosting down the colored line as much a possible.
5. Close the end of the icing bag and push a little bit of frosting out until the colored stripe shows.
6. Frost your cupcakes in a circular swirl design.
7. Try 2 stripes across from each other or 2 or more colors at once for really fun swirls.
Frosting Directions
In a large bowl, mix butter and cream cheese together on medium speed. Whip until fluffy, approximately one minute. Mix in cream cheese and vanilla extract. Add powdered sugar in slowly and mix until smooth, approximately three minutes.