I recently baked strawberry supreme cupcakes and old-fashion vanilla cupcakes.
I knew I didn’t have time to make the batter from scratch, especially on a week night, so I used box cake (I know, I can hear the gasps now). I altered it though, and I was happy to find that they turned out fabulous!
“Semi-Homemade” Strawberry Cupcakes
1 Box of Duncan Hines Strawberry Cake Mix
1 cup of finely diced strawberries
2 tsp of strawberry flavoring
1 tsp of pink food coloring
Make the batter according to the directions on the box
Add in diced strawberries – mix well
Add extra flavoring and food coloring – mix well
For the icing, I used my recipe for butter-cream icing. Feel free to use whichever homemade frosting you like most. It’s important to have homemade icing though, it counteracts the “box cake “ 🙂
Old-Fashion Vanilla Cupcakes
1 Box of Duncan Hines Vanilla Cake Mix
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp of water (in addition to what the box calls for)
Bake according to box direction – Add frosting. I suggest cream-cheese or chocolate.
Pretty In Pink Cupcakes! Good Luck Erin!!
Now enjoy the cupcakes that took you half the time to bake but taste just as fabulous!
Cupcakes are the sweetest gift you could give someone. It shows them you took the time out of your day to bake them something –and seriously, who doesn’t LOVE cupcakes??
Enjoy the tricks, and don’t think that cupcakes are only for birthdays. Cupcakes are good all year round!
Til next time, stay sweet. xoxo
