The first batch I made were yellow cake cookie dough cupcakes with milk chocolate frosting. Here's my secret (passed along from Julie): use a box mix to save time and jazz it up a little. Use store-bought frosting. The fanciness is all in the way you decorate!
Anyway, here's what I did!
Yellow Cake Cupcakes with Cookie Dough Center
1 box yellow cake mix
1 pkg vanilla pudding
1/2 cup water (warm)
1/2 cup oil
4 large eggs
1 cup Sour Cream
Frosting: Milk Chocolate
Pour the batter into cupcake liner about 1/4 full, top with a good teaspoonful of cookie dough, then fill liner with more batter. Bake according to box instructions.
When cool, frost and/or decorate the cupcakes. I used milk chocolate Pillsbury frosting. I bought a Wilton cupcake decorating kit at Target, and also a coupler (which helps hold the tip and bag in place) from Michael's. Here's how they turned out!
The following night, I made two more batches of cupcakes. The first were Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and second were Cream-Filled Devil's Food Chocolate Cupcakes with vanilla frosting.
Here are my recipes!
Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes
1 box white cake mix
1 1/4 cups strawberry pop
Vegetable oil and eggs, as called for on box
4 oz. block of cream cheese, cut into 24 pieces
3 Tablespoons strawberry jam or preserves
Frosting: Cream Cheese with red food coloring
Pour batter into cupcake liners. Place small piece of cream cheese on top and lightly press into batter. Top with a drop of strawberry jam or preserves. Bake according to package instructions.
For frosting, I used store-bought cream cheese frosting and added red food coloring to make pink.
Cream-Filled Devil's Food Cupcakes
{I actually used the same recipe as the yellow cupcakes above but omitted the pudding.}
1 box Devil's Food cake mix
1/2 cup water (warm)
1/2 cup oil
4 large eggs
1 cup Sour Cream
Filling
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cup confectioners (powdered) sugar
3/4 cup marshmallow fluff (I used cream because I couldn't find fluff at the store)
1 1/2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon heavy cream
Frosting: Vanilla
After baking cupcakes, I used my small decorating tip to fill inside of cupcakes. It was super easy, and kind of fun! Then I frosted with vanilla (again store-bought) frosting.
These were the only kind I tried. I'm a sucker for chocolate and couldn't resist! According to a lady at work, they were excellent. And I quote: "Whoever made those chocolate cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting in the center: w-o-w. I don't know what there is to eat in heaven, but I'm guessing those would be on the menu. Yum-o."
Yep, those were MY cupcakes!
I'm going to make some more this week for my student teacher's last day! I'm going to be even more creative and {hopefully} make them teacher-y. Maybe I'll add some sprinkles, as well! I'll post pics of the results!
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