Strawberry Piñata Cupcakes
Make your next celebration sweeter with Strawberry Piñata Cupcakes! The recipe features moist strawberry cupcakes filled with colorful candy sprinkles and homemade strawberry buttercream frosting. These cupcakes are perfect for birthdays, holidays, or any occasion that calls for a fun and festive treat.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Equipment
- cupcake pan (muffin tin)
- paper cupcake liners
- knife
- large mixing bowl (to make the cupcake batter)
- handheld electric mixer
- medium mixing bowl (to make the frosting)
- blender or food processor (to puree the strawberries)
- large muffin scoop
- piping bag and frosting tip
Ingredients
- 12 strawberry cupcakes (baked from a strawberry cake mix)
- ¼ cup sprinkles
- 3 - 4 tablespoons pureed strawberries (about ½ cup iced strawberries
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 4 strawberries, sliced, to garnish the cupcakes
Instructions
- Bake the strawberry cupcakes according to the directions on the back of the box. Remove from oven when done and allow to cool on a wire rack.
- While the cupcakes are baking, slice and puree your strawberries. You can puree them in a food processor or blender.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the butter and the strawberry puree, and blend well.
- Then add about half the powdered sugar and blend well. Add the remaining powdered sugar and blend until creamy and smooth.
- Use the frosting tip or knife to cut out the center of each cupcake, then fill with the sprinkles, and put the top of the center that you took out back into the cupcake, gently pushing down on it.
- Add frosting to a piping bag equipped with the tip that you used and pipe frosting onto the cupcakes in a circular motion, starting from one side, around the cupcake, and meeting the end, then moving into the center and stopping. Gently push a sliced strawberry onto the top of the frosted cupcake.