If you follow me on Instagram (which I’m sure you obviously do), you might have caught a little dance party between Jonathan and I a few weeks back. This is the recipe that inspired that dance-a-thon of joy. There aren’t that many times where a recipe makes me silly with happiness, but this was one of them.
These cupcakes are delicious.
I dressed up a simple lemon boxed cake mix with some lemon curd (5 minutes homemade curd can be found here) and then topped them with the most fresh-strawberry-tasting buttercream that’s ever been made.
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box lemon cake mix
- 2/3 cup lemon curd
- 1/2 cup chopped strawberries
- 1 1/2 T sugar
- 4 T butter softened
- 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- Strawberries for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare cupcakes according to package directions. Let cool completely on wire rack.
- In a bowl, combine the chopped strawberries with the sugar. Let sit for 15 minutes.
- Poke large holes (1/2" diameter, approximately the size of your pinky) through the top of the cupcake to about halfway through. Spoon the lemon curd into a small Ziploc bag and cut the tip off.
- Put the cut off corner of the lemon curd bag into the hole you poked, and fill it. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
- Use a masher, blender, or immersion blender to blend the strawberries mostly smooth (no major chunks).
- In a large mixing bowl and using a mixer, blend the softened butter into the powdered sugar. Add the blended strawberries until desired consistency is reached (the whole amount, for me).
- Frost the cupcakes using either a piping bag or knife. Garnish with additional strawberries if desired.
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Jen | Baked by an Introvert says
Swoon! Strawberry lemonade is such a fun flavor. I love the rosette piping job. So pretty!!
Jacqueline says
Thanks Jen 🙂 I already want more of it!
Gwen Coker says
Thank you for the lemon strawberry cupcake recipe, but I do not see the lemon curd recipe. Please help!
Jacqueline says
Hi Gwen! The recipe is here: http://www.gogogogourmet.com/five-minute-lemon-curd/
It used to be linked directly in the recipe, so if it’s not, I’ll be sure to fix that. Thanks for letting me know!