Here's what you'll need:
1 box of vanilla cake mix
1 8 oz container of mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup strawberries
1/3 cup sugar
2 Tbsp lemon juice
- Grab your box of cake mix and cook according to the cupcake directions on the back of the box. Once done baking, set aside and let them cool.
- In a food processor, combine strawberries, cheese, sugar, and lemon juice and blend until smooth. If you're a poor student like myself and lack a food processor, chop up the strawberries as small as possible and just get a fork and mash everything up as fine as possible.
- Transfer the strawberry mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a small tip. Push the tip gently into the bottom of a cupcake and squeeze in the strawberry mixture until the cupcake plumps. Again, I lack a pastry bag, so I took the round handle end of a serving spoon to create a hole...as you can see, i'm extremely professional *insert a sarcastic, dramatic eye roll here*
- Take the remaining strawberry mixture and spread on top of the cupcakes.
Disclaimer: This recipe is an accidental adaptation of Giada de Laurentiis' recipe. Her recipe has a sugar glaze that you make at the end, but for some reason the first time I made it, I totally left that part out somehow...but I enjoyed the way I made them so much, why change it? So if you're into the sugar glaze thing, check out the real way she makes them.
Seriously, I have fallen in love with this recipe. I'm not a fan of icing, so to have a substitute for that as the topping is just perfect for someone like me. They're light, fruity, fluffy, and you won't be able to stop eating them. You've been warned.
This post has made me realize two things: 1) I want to make these cupcakes a third time, and 2) I really hope someone's gracious enough to buy me some kitchen items off my wedding registry (hint, hint).
Hope everyone y'all are having an amazing day.
:):) my wedding registry is loaded with my baking endeavour items as well:)
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Also, I've just gotta say I would want to be your best friend if we lived closer. The fact that you like Arrested Development, Car Talk and Muse is enough for me. Just sayin'. :)
haha well, I shouldn't get any credit on the photo, I stole it off of Foodnetwork's website...(oops, is that copyright infringement?) But yeah, make the cupcakes you won't regret it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think we should be friends too :-) I'm actually planning on getting my Master's degree, and i'm applying to some schools in the Southeastern states, so you never know, we could end up relatively close by!