When celebrating with kids, I always love to include some fun food! Doesn’t delicious food always seem to take an ordinary day and make it more into a party? Cake is one of our favorite ways to celebrate, and I love this strawberry sandwich cupcake recipe. It’s also a winner with the kids! Simple, includes actual fruit, and no decorating skills are needed. This is my kind of recipe.
I can’t believe how beautiful these cupcakes turn out when they really don’t require any decorating at all!
I also have a delicious cookie recipe that is red and white, so you may want to check that out as well.
Ok, now I’m going to share the recipe with your for these delicious strawberry sandwich cupcakes!
Strawberry Sandwich Cupcakes Ingredients:
• 1 Box of white cake mix
• 3 egg whites
• 1-1/4 c. water
• 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons of another extract of your choice. (Almond, lemon and strawberry are good choices. Almond extract is my favorite!)
Ingredients For Strawberry Sandwich Filling
• 2 cups of strawberries, diced
• 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ a cup of powdered sugar + a little extra for dusting the tops of the cupcakes
How To Make Strawberry Sandwich Cupcakes
Preheat your oven to 350°F, and go ahead and line your muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
In a large bowl, combine the box of cake mix, water, egg whites, extracts and your butter. Beat with your mixer until it’s fully combined.
Fill the cupcake liners with batter about 2/3 of the way full.
Bake for 15 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Remove the cupcakes and allow to cool on a wire rack.
For The Strawberry Sandwich Filling:
In another large bowl, use your mixer to whip the heavy cream, vanilla extract, and the 1/4 cup of powdered sugar until heavy peaks form.
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Fold the diced strawberries into the mixture.
How To Assemble The Strawberry Cupcake Sandwiches
Cut each cupcake in half.
Add the cream to the bottom pieces of cupcake either by spreading it, or you can pipe it on with a big jumbo icing tip.
Put the top of the cupcake back on each cake.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar for some beautiful cupcakes that really take no decorating skills whatsoever!
I absolutely love the look that the white powdered sugar adds to the top!
Aren’t these just absolutely beautiful with no real decorating needed?
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You may also want to check out my recipe for strawberry cake. So delicious- you will not regret trying this recipe!!!
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Ingredients
Strawberry Sandwich Cupcakes Ingredients:
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 3 egg whites
- 1 ¼ cup water
- 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons another extract of your choice Almond, lemon, and strawberry are good choices
Ingredients For Strawberry Sandwich Filling
- 2 cups strawberries diced
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup powdered sugar plus a little extra for dusting the tops of the cupcakes
Instructions
How To Make Strawberry Sandwich Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 350°F, and line your muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, combine the box of cake mix, water, egg whites, extracts, and your butter. Beat with your mixer until it’s fully combined.
- Fill the cupcake liners with batter about 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean from the center.
- Remove the cupcakes and allow them to cool on a wire rack.
For The Strawberry Sandwich Filling
- In another large bowl, use your mixer to whip the heavy cream, vanilla extract, and the 1/4 cup of powdered sugar until heavy peaks form.
- Fold the diced strawberries into the mixture.
How To Assemble The Strawberry Cupcake Sandwiches
- Cut each cupcake in half.
- Add the cream to the bottom pieces of cupcake either by spreading it, or you can pipe it on with a big jumbo icing tip.
- Put the top of the cupcake back on each cake.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar for some beautiful cupcakes that really take no decorating skills whatsoever!
