triple strawberry cupcakes ~ a sweet for your Valentine

May 09, 2013

Life is busy, right? But it shouldn't be too busy for dessert! And in my house, dessert doesn't have to be complicated! I love to doctor up a store bought cake mix and add a three ingredient fluffy topping to make easy delicious cupcakes ... like tres limones (three lemons) cupcakes, coconut cream poke cake cupcakes and these awesome banana pudding cupcakes! And just in time for Valentine's Day, I whipped up these pink and pretty triple strawberry cupcakes! These cupcakes get

1 strawberry cake mix + ingredients to make the cake
Frozen strawberries, thawed & blended to make 2/3 cup*
*I blended the strawberries enough to be fairly liquid, but there were still small bits of berries.

fluffy strawberry topping

1 small box of Jello strawberry creme instant pudding mix
1 tub Cool Whip (I used Lite)
1 cup cold milk (I used skim)
Mix cake as directed but replace

Mix cake as directed but replace 2/3 cup of water with the blended strawberries. Bake as directed. Fluffy Strawberry Topping Mix pudding and milk with a hand mixer. Fold in the Cool Whip by hand and...
See the full directions on my site

Nutritions

Calories
32

Sodium
34mg
1% DV

Fat
0.37000000000000005g
0% DV

Protein
0.8999999999999999g
1% DV

Carbs
6g
2% DV

Fiber
0.2g
0% DV

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