Strawberry Preserve Cupcakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package of moist strawberry cake mix
• 2 cups sour cream
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/3 cup strawberry preserves
• 24 paper baking cups

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f and line 2 muffin pans with paper baking cups.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs and water. stir with a spoon and/or whisk until well blended.
• 3 fill paper-lined muffin cups 1/2 full with batter. using a spoon, make a slight indentation in the center of each cup; fill with a heaping 1/2 teaspoonful of strawberry preserves.
• 4 spoon remaining batter evenly over each filled cup; covering preserves. (muffin cups should be about 3/4 full).
• 5 bake for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. if toothpick goes through preserves, it will not come out clean.
• 6 cool for 1 minute and remove from pan. cool completely before adding icing and toppings as desired. store in the refrigerator.
• 7 topping options: add your favorite icing: cream cheese icing, strawberry frosting or confetti icing are all perfect for your cupcakes and festive for the holiday. for a special touch, try one of these topping suggestions:
• 8 chocolate shavings. use a vegetable peeler to create chocolate shavings using a thick, room-temperature bar of chocolate.
• 9 icing is your canvas. with red or pink decorative icing, write fun messages or draw hearts on the icing.
• 10 candy toppings. top your icing with red cinnamon candies, mini chocolate chips, conversation hearts or even try sticking strawberry flavored licorice or hard candies in the top.