Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Giada's Bake Sale

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (109)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
48 mini muffins

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

8 ounces mascarpone cheese (about 1 cup), softened
2 egg whites
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 box white cake mix
1 cup water
1/3 cup frozen strawberries, thawed and drained
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions

Special equipment: 4 mini muffin tins and 48 mini muffin paper cupcake liners

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the mini tins with paper liners.

In a large bowl combine the mascarpone cheese, egg whites and vegetable oil. Using a hand mixer, beat the ingredients until combined and creamy. Add the cake mix and water and mix until smooth, about 3 minutes. Fill the mini cups to just below the rim and bake until puffed and golden, about 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, let cool slightly in the tin then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack.

Meanwhile, puree the strawberries in a blender or small food processor. Place the powdered sugar in a medium bowl. Pour in the strawberry puree and whisk until smooth. Top the cooled cupcakes with the strawberry glaze. Let the cupcakes sit for a few minutes for the glaze to firm up, then serve.

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recipe Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze
Kulani Bremerton, WA 02-02-2010
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Help anyone??
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I have tried to make these cupcakes twice and both times after taking them out of the oven they fell and the edges caved in.... Can anyone give advice on what I'm doing wrong. I followed the directions perfectly. Read more
recipe Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze
diana matthews, NC 01-31-2010
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really good but
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i wonder if you could do it with chocolate cake mix instead of white cake mix?
recipe Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze
Sadaf Philadelphia, PA 12-27-2009
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good, but not homemade
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

these were good but not great. i didn't make the glaze, but served them with a cream cheese frosting topped with blueberries.... i took them to a party and everyone enjoyed them, but i felt they still had that "out-of-a-box" taste. i guess i shouldn't have expected anything else! Read more
recipe Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze
Gerui ames, IA 11-23-2009
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Giada...disappointed me :(
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I have always loved Giada's receipt...and I tired this one. it was so diasppointing. maybe it's the fact that i don't like... angel cake -like texture..this receipt makes very angel cake texture cupcakes...and they are just tooo fluffy and light in a bad way, that they couldn't even hold on to themselves. the edges n tops broke down when I tried to pick them up. and the Glaze?! horrible. I used blueberry puree...terrible. no fruity teast at all just so sugary pure sugar teaste. have to make other glaze...just don't like this receipt at all. Sorry.Read more
recipe Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze
Molly Anchorage, AK 11-12-2009
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OK
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I used cream cheese instead and the cupcakes turned about fine. The texture is very similar to that of angel food cake. ... While the cupcakes are good I think I would prefer just the normal white cake mix cupcakes. The glaze is nothing to write home about. If I made this again I would do a lemon glaze like her Lemon Ricotta Cookies call for (which are EXCELLENT). Read more
recipe Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze
Seth Dunnellon, FL 10-24-2009
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Best Cupcakes in the World!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Words can't describe what these cupcakes mean to me. haha. I made them tinking that I would give some of them to my friends... but they were so good that I couldn't stop at just one. 33 cupcakes lasted only one weekend and I was the only one eating them. (They're definitely not something to have around when you're on a diet. Luckily I don't need to be.) Now, when you taste test the glaze your instant reaction will be that it's too sweet. But as soon as it meshes with the cupcakes it's like heaven in your mouth. The cupcakes aren't way, way sweet so the sugar in the glaze will be fine. Lots of people complained about the glaze but I think that that is because they added more sugar or strawberries to it before they tried it on the cupcakes. If you're really unsure about the glaze, test it on a mess-up cupcake first and if you still don't feel good about then change it. -Seth Read more