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Strawberry cupcakes with pink frosting and heart-shaped strawberry slices on top, arranged on a white surface.

Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes With Cake Mix

You only need 6 ingredients to make these strawberry crunchcupcakes with cake mix. A soft base, crunchy filling, and topped with a sweet strawberryfrosting .
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Baking Box Mix Cupcakes 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 cupcakes
Calories 269 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box strawberry cake mix use your favorite cake mix
  • ¼ cup sprinkles
  • 3-4 tbsp strawberry puree about ½ cup diced strawberries
  • ¼ cup butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 4 strawberries sliced

Instructions
 

  • Bake 12 cupcakes per box cake mix instructions. Allow to cool on a rack.
  • Slice and puree your strawberries. A small food processor or blender is perfect for this.
  • Cut out the center of each cupcake with a cupcake corer or knife, then fill with sprinkles, and put the top of the center that you took out back into the cupcake, gently pushing down on it.
  • Add the butter and pureed strawberries to the bowl of a mixer (or medium bowl), and beat on high until creamy.
  • Add half the powdered sugar and mix in on low, then switch to medium. Repeat for the remainder of the powdered sugar, switching to high at the end.
  • Add frosting to a piping bag equipped with large round tip and pipe frosting onto the cupcakes in a circular motion, starting from one side, around the cupcake and meeting the end, then moving into the center and stopping.
  • Gently push a sliced strawberry onto the top of the frosted cupcake.

Notes

Check the doneness of the cupcakes by inserting a toothpick close to the end of cooking. if it comes out clean, remove them from the oven.
Let them cool fully before cutting out the centers so that they don't tear.
A frosting tip can be used to cut out the center of each cupcake.

Nutrition

Calories: 269kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 274mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 38gVitamin A: 119IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 70mgIron: 1mg

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