Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Strawberry & Mascarpone Cupcakes

CUPCAKES!!! What more could anyone want?
These are probably my favourite cupcake (well, second favourite-after Red Velvet cupcakes)
Cupcakes
-1 box of white vanilla cake mix
-8 ounces of mascarpone cheese
-2 egg whites
-1/2 cup vegetable oil
-1 cup water

Topping
- 2 cups strawberries (fresh of frozen)
-2 and half cups icing sugar

First, preheat the oven to 400 F.

To make the batter: mix oil, egg whites and cheese together until smooth.

Then gradually add the cake mix and water until the mixture is smooth again. Usually takes about 3-5 minutes depending on your mixer speed.


Pour the batter into the cups, and make sure you don't fill them to the top because they will rise and overflow when heated. Try to keep it at half or 3/4.


Once you fill the pan, they are ready to go in the oven for 18-20 minutes.

While they bake and cool off, you can make the strawberry icing.
Simply cut up the strawberries and blend them in a food processor.

Then mix the puree with icing sugar and whisk it till its thick. If it still looks runny, add a tablespoon of flour and leave it in the fridge for a few minutes to cool down.




Once the cupcakes are done baking and cool off, spread the strawberry icing on top and serve.


Tastes even better with some fresh cheese nd strawberry slices on top:)

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