Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
- 1 box Duncan Hines Strawberry Flavoured Cupcake Mix
- For cupcakes:
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- For frosting:
- 2 teaspoons water
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- Cupcake Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Line muffin pans with baking cups.
- Empty contents of large pouch into a large bowl.
- Blend cake mix, water, oil and eggs in a large bowl at low speed until moistened (about 30 seconds).
- Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Spoon batter evenly into the 12 cupcake liners (approximately 1/2 full).
- Bake in centre of oven at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 18-23 minutes.
- Cupcakes are done when toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool 5-10 minutes in pan, then remove and place on wire rack to cool completely.
- Frosting Instructions: Mix softened butter with electric mixer on high for 1 minute or until light and fluffy.
- Scrape.
- Slowly add frosting mix to butter while mixing on low speed for an additional 1 minute.
- Scrape.
- Add water.
- Start mixing on low.
- As frosting starts to come together, gradually increase speed to high.
- This step may take up to 3 minutes.
- Mix on high for an additional 3 minutes.
- Fill provided pastry bag with frosting (place bag in tall glass to make filling with frosting easier).
- Cut approximately 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) from the tip of the pastry bag.
- Insert cut pastry bag into top of cupcake and squeeze gently to fill cupcake with approximately 1 tablespoon of frosting.
- Slowly remove pastry bag and swirl approximately 1 tablespoon of frosting on top.
duncan, water, vegetable oil, eggs, water, butter
Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/strawberry-cheesecake-cupcakes/ (may not work)