a little experiment

I am trying some cake mix based strawberry cupcakes.....the reason I do a lot of my cakes/cupcakes from a cake mix base, is because I have two kiddos and its EASIER! LOL  I DO make adjustments to make them more moist, etc.  And I either do homemade frosting and/or filling.

Today I am making ALL STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES:

strawberry cake mix
3 eggs
2/3 cup oil
1 cup water

Strawberry buttercream frosting

2 sticks butter
1/2 cup homemade strawberry preserves (or store bought)
3 cups powdered sugar
2 T heavy cream
1 t vanilla

Beat butter until creamy.  Beat in strawberry preserves.  Add in sugar.  Add in heavy cream and vanilla.
(this should frost around 2 dozen cupcakes, depending on how much you use)

I may or may not FILL them with homemade strawberry preserves. = )