Recipe 03 - Monster Strawberry Cupcakes

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Monster Strawberry Cupcakes
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 These stràwberries hàve come àlive!  Moist stràwberry cupcàkes with vànillà buttercreàm ànd crushed oreo cookies with à frightening stràwberry monster.  These Monster Stràwberry Cupcàkes will màke à killer impression àt your next Hàlloween pàrty!
Ingredients

Cupcakes
  • 3 tbsp strawberry jam or preserves
  • ⅓ cup chopped fresh strawberries
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1¼ tsp baking powder
  • ¾ cup of sugar
  • ½ cup of unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 egg whites
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 drops pink food coloring
  • ⅓ cup milk
Vanilla Buttercream
  • 1 cup room temperature unsalted butter
  • 6-8 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-4 drops green food gel dye
Instructions
Cupcakes
  1. Set oven to 350 F.
  2. In small bowl mix together fresh chopped strawberries and preserves.
  3. In another bowl mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. In another bowl cream together butter and sugar.
  5. Add egg whites, vanilla extract, and food coloring into fully incorporated.
  6. Add dry ingredients with milk, beating on low speed.
  7. Fold in strawberries and preserves.
  8. Fill cupcake liners to ¾ full and bake for 25 minutes.
Vanilla Buttercream
  1. With your paddle attachment of your electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy.
  2. Add 6 cups of the powdered sugar with cream and vanilla.
  3. Mix slowly until its blended well, then beat on high for 2-3 minutes.
  4. Add more sugar one cup at a time until desired consistency.
  5. Beat in green food dye.
  6. Sprinkle with oreo crumbs and monster strawberries.

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