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Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- Cooking spray
- 1 standard box plain white cake mix
- One 3-ounce box strawberry-flavored gelatin
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed
- 4 large eggs
Icing:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed
- Special equipment: two 12-cup cupcake pans
Directions
For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 cupcake pans with cooking spray.
With an electric mixer, beat the cake mix, gelatin, oil, strawberries and a 1/2 cup water until fully combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour the batter into the prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan, and then remove before icing.
For the icing: In a blender or food processor, puree the butter, sugar and strawberries for the glaze until smooth; it may take a few minutes to come together. Poke holes in the cupcakes with a toothpick, then spoon the icing over, allowing some of it to seep into the cake. Store the cupcakes, covered in the refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks.
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By sauramom12
Walnut Cove, NC
on April 28, 2013
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The cupcakes were the best I have ever tasted! I do wish I would have read the reviews first because I too had problems with the icing - I thought it was just me & I had done something wrong. My entire family said they were delicious enough - without ANY icing! I will definitely make again - and tweak that icing a bit.
By janenegarey_116...
Springboro, OH
on April 27, 2013
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very yummy! the cupcake it self is really good just plan, however, when I made the icing like it said the butter ( like everyone else would not blend sooooooo I added 3 cups of powder surger and kept every thing else as is turn out AWESOME
By hb3458
TX
on April 01, 2013
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I made these for our Easter family gathering and got rave reviews! They were super moist, flavorful and delicious! I had no problem at all with the glaze, it came together very easily. All I can guess why people are having issues is that their butter is not at room temperature. It really needs to be or I can see why it wouldn't blend well. I did run into a problem with the strawberries as I was unaware that there were such thing as frozen strawberries in syrup as opposed to just regular frozen strawberries. Knew I needed the syrup, so I just made my own by combining 1 c. water and 1 c. sugar on the stove. When sugar was dissolved, I added about 2 c. thawed strawberries and let simmer for about 10 minutes. Could have made due with about half of that mixture though. The only reason I gave this 4 stars rather than five was because even though the cupcake was wonderful, there was little difference IMO than a strawberry box cake mix, yet much more ingredients, time and effort.
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