Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing

These strawberry cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese icing are such a delicious sweet treat, perfect for a birthday party!

If you are one of my local friends, you may be familiar with Edgar’s Bakery and their famous strawberry cupcakes. These taste just like them!

Ingredients
For the cake

• 1 box white cake mix (15.25-ounce)
• All purpose flour - enough to bring total weight to 18.25 ounces cake mix + flour, about 1/3 cup
• 1 box strawberry-flavored instant gelatin (3-ounce)
• 1 pound package frozen strawberries in syrup thawed and pureed, undrained
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup water

For the Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 package cream cheese (8 ounces) softened
• 1/4 cup thawed and pureed strawberries
• 7 cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Puree the strawberries, and reserve 1/4 cup of the puree for the icing
3. Combine the dry ingredients: cake mix, strawberry gelatin and flour; set aside.
4. In a stand mixer, combine the strawberry puree (except that reserved for icing), eggs, oil and water on low for about a minute.
5. Gradually add the dry ingredients, and mix in on low. (Do not over mix.There may be a few lumps.)
6. Add mixture to a muffin tin, lined with baking cups. (The mixture makes 24 cupcakes.)
7. ......................................

For full instructions please see : www.apinchofhealthy.com

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