So last week I showed you the cookies I made for Easter.
But Sunshine wanted cupcakes.
I wanted simple.
I was originally just going to make Vanilla cupcakes with Vanilla Butter Cream frosting.
But I thought that sounded a little boring……
what could I do to “kick it up a notch?”
When I thought………RASPBERRY FILLING!!
These were really easy when I used the secret trick of making a box mix taste like homemade!
1 box Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe French Vanilla (this is my FAVORITE vanilla cake mix)
3 Large Eggs
1/2 cup butter, melted (use butter not margarine….trust me on this!)
1 cup of water
Directions
Melt the butter in the microwave.
Add cake mix, eggs and water to the butter in large bowl.
Mix on low for 1 min. Then mix on high for 1 min.
You will be amazed that your batter is nice and thick and creamy - not thin and runny like it is when you follow the box instructions.
Fill cupcake papers – tip: use an icecream scooper! – One scoop is just the right amount per cupcake!
Pop them in the oven on 350 for 20 minutes.
2 full cups frozen unsweetened raspberries, thaw with 1/4 cup sugar (or thaw sweetened raspberries with out adding sugar, unsweeted was what I had on hand)
1/3 cup sugar
1-1/4 cups water*
6 Tbsp flour (or 3 T. corn starch – I didn’t have corn starch)
1 tsp lemon juice
In a medium sauce pan, combine water*, sugar, flour and lemon juice and mix well. If there is any juice in your raspberries, drain the juice and add to water = 1-1/4 liquid. (I didn’t have much juice at all, but if you by sweetened raspberries, they may yield more sauce.)
Heat and stir until mixture boils and thickens.
Cool completely.
Stir in thawed raspberries.
Yields approximately 2 cups of filling.
(I made 1/2 of this recipe because I didn’t want to fill all of my cupcakes.)
Filling your cupcakes
- Bake cupcakes and cool completely
- Cut out a small cone shaped section in the center of the cupcake
- add raspberry filling to the hole
- replace the tops (just do the best you can- they don’t have to be perfect)
- Now they are ready to frost.
1 cup real butter (not margarine) *room temperature
1 cup vegetable shortening
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered (confectioners) sugar
1/4 – 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
paste food coloring
Thoroughly cream butter and shortening . Beat in the vanilla. Add sugar, one cup at a time until blended. When the sugar is completely beaten in and the sides of the bowl are scraped down, add the whipping cream, beating at the highest speed until super fluffy, about one minute.
If you wish to add color to your frosting, like I did, use the gel paste food coloring. It’s stronger and more vibrant. Add frosting to a pastry bag with your favorite tip and frost! I only filled 1/2 of my cupcakes, so I frosted the filled cupcakes in white frosting with sprinkles….the cupcakes with the pink and yellow frosting do not have filling.
If you enjoy filled cupcakes, you may want to check out the Chocolate Strawberry Filled Cupcakes I made.
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I’m sharing this recipe at Bake at 350, Tempt Your Tummy Tuesday, Balancing Beauty and Bedlam Mouth Watering Mondays and Tuesdays at the Table, Cupcake Tuesday, Foodie Friday Make Ahead Meals (Cakes) recipe exchanges, and Kimba’s DIY Day, and Strut Your Stuff and Spring Fever Friday and Tip Me Tuesday,
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I'm so glad you had a minute to join us on Cupcake Tuesday!
Thanks!
~Liz@HoosierHomemade
I'm so glad you had a minute to join us on Cupcake Tuesday!
Thanks!
~Liz@HoosierHomemade
Oh my, you did kick it up a notch! The cupcakes look wonderful! Thanks for sharing your recipe and linking to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday.
Oh my, you did kick it up a notch! The cupcakes look wonderful! Thanks for sharing your recipe and linking to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday.
Your food posts always make me want to bake things! These sound delicious.
Your food posts always make me want to bake things! These sound delicious.
Those are SO pretty and you make it sound SO easy
Those are SO pretty and you make it sound SO easy
Yum! Love the hints on dolling up a boxed mix and filling the cupcakes!
Yum! Love the hints on dolling up a boxed mix and filling the cupcakes!
can't wait to try this recipe…they look and sound amazing!! thnx. God Bless!
can't wait to try this recipe…they look and sound amazing!! thnx. God Bless!
Looks beautiful to me … I'm inspired!
Looks beautiful to me … I'm inspired!
Oh yum! That looks like heaven in cupcake form to me!
Oh yum! That looks like heaven in cupcake form to me!
Oh my goodness! These look so yummy!
Oh my goodness! These look so yummy!
Okay…so I couldn't resist!
I popped over to have a peek at your Easter Cupcakes!
I LOVE the idea of the filling!
And now I know how you fill cupcakes!
Looks so easy in TIDYMOM's kitchen!
And what a great idea to only fill half and then frost the ones filled differently!
My AIRY head would NEVER have thought of that! ;o)
Can you tell I think I'm an airhead!!!!
Well there's a reason I've been called LUCY all my life!
And don't ask WHAT I made on my ACT test!
I have to CHARM my way into college!!!!! ;o)
And I have no idea you put vegetable shortening in the Butter Cream frosting.
I know that must make is so smooth and shiney!
Got to print this recipe!
xxooxx
Beautiful Cupcakes Sweet Cheryl!
Your family is soooooooo lucky!
I can just see your daughters making all of these goodies they have seen you create for their kiddos one day!
And I can ONLY imagine what kind of grandma you will be!!!!
Your grand-babies are gonna love coming to TIDY NANA's house! ;o)
xooxoxox
Okay…so I couldn't resist!
I popped over to have a peek at your Easter Cupcakes!
I LOVE the idea of the filling!
And now I know how you fill cupcakes!
Looks so easy in TIDYMOM's kitchen!
And what a great idea to only fill half and then frost the ones filled differently!
My AIRY head would NEVER have thought of that! ;o)
Can you tell I think I'm an airhead!!!!
Well there's a reason I've been called LUCY all my life!
And don't ask WHAT I made on my ACT test!
I have to CHARM my way into college!!!!! ;o)
And I have no idea you put vegetable shortening in the Butter Cream frosting.
I know that must make is so smooth and shiney!
Got to print this recipe!
xxooxx
Beautiful Cupcakes Sweet Cheryl!
Your family is soooooooo lucky!
I can just see your daughters making all of these goodies they have seen you create for their kiddos one day!
And I can ONLY imagine what kind of grandma you will be!!!!
Your grand-babies are gonna love coming to TIDY NANA's house! ;o)
xooxoxox
Yum! I am definitely wanting to try these!
Yum! I am definitely wanting to try these!
I've always wonder about the best way to fill cupcakes!!! You make it look easy!
But truly, even if I got them filled mine wouldn't look as gorgeous as yours…keep it up girlfriend.
Oh, and I love the photos!
I've always wonder about the best way to fill cupcakes!!! You make it look easy!
But truly, even if I got them filled mine wouldn't look as gorgeous as yours…keep it up girlfriend.
Oh, and I love the photos!
AHHHH….perfection….the shots as well as the cupcakes. I'd link them to everything also. I love the clean focus as well as the yummy bokeh!
AHHHH….perfection….the shots as well as the cupcakes. I'd link them to everything also. I love the clean focus as well as the yummy bokeh!
saw this picture on sweet shot tuesday! makes me drool and want to bake cupcakes right now!! =)
saw this picture on sweet shot tuesday! makes me drool and want to bake cupcakes right now!! =)
Those cupcakes look sooo good! I am bookmarking them to make soon! Thanks!
XOXO
Jen
Those cupcakes look sooo good! I am bookmarking them to make soon! Thanks!
XOXO
Jen
Oh yum! Raspberries sound just about right for Spring
Thanks for posting. I made a Martha Stewart vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting. Check it out here…
http://sugarbananas.blogspot.com/2010/03/cupcakes-for-any-holiday.html
I'll be back – I'm your newest follower!
Oh yum! Raspberries sound just about right for Spring
Thanks for posting. I made a Martha Stewart vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting. Check it out here…
http://sugarbananas.blogspot.com/2010/03/cupcakes-for-any-holiday.html
I'll be back – I'm your newest follower!
the cupcakes are so pretty and i bet they taste even better! thanks for sharing!
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the cupcakes are so pretty and i bet they taste even better! thanks for sharing!
http://yesterdatyontuesday.typepad.com
I made this yesterday and brought them to a get together, one girl said they were the best cupcakes she had ever had! THanks for the AWESOME recipe… I liked it so much I linked to it on my blog- see it here:
http://myinspirationindex.blogspot.com/2010/04/raspberry-filled-cupcakes.html
I made this yesterday and brought them to a get together, one girl said they were the best cupcakes she had ever had! THanks for the AWESOME recipe… I liked it so much I linked to it on my blog- see it here:
http://myinspirationindex.blogspot.com/2010/04/raspberry-filled-cupcakes.html
What tip do you use for frosting the cupcakes like that (pink/yellow ones)? Also how do you mix the pink & yellow?
THANKS! I love cake,cupcakes, frosting and raspberry! I will be making these!
What tip do you use for frosting the cupcakes like that (pink/yellow ones)? Also how do you mix the pink & yellow?
THANKS! I love cake,cupcakes, frosting and raspberry! I will be making these!
featured these at my blog….they look to die for yummy!
featured these at my blog….they look to die for yummy!
Stacy – I used a 1M tip on these and for the 2 colors – I just put some yellow and some pink in the piping bag and squeezed until I got to colors…I'll do a video post on this sometime on University of Cookie!
Stacy – I used a 1M tip on these and for the 2 colors – I just put some yellow and some pink in the piping bag and squeezed until I got to colors…I'll do a video post on this sometime on University of Cookie!
Yummy would be an understatement! Could you use blueberries in place of the raspberries?
Yummy would be an understatement! Could you use blueberries in place of the raspberries?
Your cupcakes look delicious! Thanks for adding them to my Linky!
Your cupcakes look delicious! Thanks for adding them to my Linky!
YUM!!! I went to iheartfaces for a dessert recipe for the 4th of July, and this was perfect! Oh, that raspberry filling is to die for, and you are not kidding about the cake mix with butter!
YUM!!! I went to iheartfaces for a dessert recipe for the 4th of July, and this was perfect! Oh, that raspberry filling is to die for, and you are not kidding about the cake mix with butter!
Oh my goodness, These look AMAZING! I made some strawberry rhubarb jam last spring (for the first time) it was so easy and I plan to do it again! I can’t wait to stuff some into a cupcake!
Here is the link to my jam, just in case you are interested 
http://domesticengineer29.blogspot.com/2010/06/strawberry-rhubarb-jam.html
Your raspberry filled vanilla cupcakes recipe looks so delicious! I can almost taste them. Would you be so kind as to share your recipe wth our readers by linking up at Muffin Monday? Thanks so much!