Showing posts with label strawberry cupcake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberry cupcake. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Chocolate covered strawberries

My friend Natalie found this tray for me at Hobby Lobby and I finally found the perfect treat to go on it...
Pink and green strawberry cupcakes. I made these for one of Jenny's baby showers. I used Kay Dawn's strawberry cake with frosting:
Strawberry cake
1 box white cake mix (Duncan Hines)
1 small box strawberry jello
1/2 boiling water
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup fresh mashed strawberries
Boil water in microwave. Add jello. Stir until dissolved. Add rest of ingredients. Mix few minutes on medium. Bake 350 for approx. 16 min.
Strawberry frosting
1 stick butter
6 oz. cream cheese
16 oz. powdered sugar
1/4 cup mashed strawberries
1 tsp. of vanilla.
I thought the green chocolate drizzle on the strawberry got boring so I tried something different. The chocolate was a little thick so it wasn't as easy to work with as I was hoping. Next time I'll have to add some shortening before I get started.
I did like that they all looked different. I had a great time creating them.

I love how ruffles are in right now. I tried to make the frosting look like ruffles. I think I might have failed. Oh well I'm still practicing.