Strawberries & Cream
By: I assume this was by Wendy Paul - but if not, speak up and I will give you credit!
Ingredients:
• 1 box strawberry cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup diced strawberries
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup half and half
Method:
Mix together cake mix, eggs, and half and half. Place 1-2 tablespoons of batter in each paper liner. In a seperate bowl, combine strawberries and sugar and toss to coat. Spoon 1 teaspoon onto each paper liner filled with some batter. Fill paper liners with remaining batter to 3/4 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly touched.
Cool cupcakes completely and frost with vanilla butter cream frosting.
Frosting Suggestions: Cream Cheese Frosting, Pink Lemonade Frosting, Vanilla Butter cream*
*Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting
Ingredients:
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, room temperature
• 3 ¾ cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 3-4 tablespoons milk or cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Method:
Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat until light and fluffy, about 30 seconds. Stop the mixer before adding the sugar or you will have a large mess to clean up. Add the sugar, 3 tablespoons milk (cream) and vanilla extract. Beat frosting starting on slow increasing your speed until frosting is nice and creamy. Add up to 1 more tablespoon of milk (cream) if frosting to too thick.