Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes are vanilla cakes filled with light and fluffy whipped cream and finished with cream cheese frosting and fruity strawberry filling on top.
Servings: 24 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Vanilla Cake
- 1 box + ingredients needed vanilla cake mix - prepare as instructed on box. Other options: strawberry cake mix - prepare as instructed on box.
Whipped Cream
- 2 cups whipped topping like Cool Whip or Dream Whip something with stabilization
Strawberry Fruit Filling
- Fresh Strawberries chopped
- 1 ½ cups strawberry preserves, glaze or strawberry pie filling - use more if needed - use more if needed
Cream Cheese Frosting or use store-bought cream cheese frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- ⅓ cup butter softened
- 4-5 cups confectioners sugar Add more if needed. Frosting needs to hold up to hold the filling in.
Instructions
Vanilla Cupcakes
- Prepare cupcakes as directed on cake box and let cool.
Whipped Cream
- We’re using Cool whip, so nothing to prepare for the filling.
Strawberry Fruit Filling
- While cupcakes are baking, mix together the chopped strawberries and strawberry preserves, glaze or strawberry pie filling and set aside.
Cream Cheese Frosting or use Store-bought cream cheese frosting
- If using store-bought frosting, omit the frosting steps. In medium-large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until well combined with mixer. Beat in cup of powdered sugar.
- Beat in rest of powdered sugar until frosting is pipeable consistency.
Assembly
- After the cupcakes are cooled, take a knife and cut a ½" circle in the middle of the cupcakes, {cut it like a cone, so tip of knife goes toward center instead of straight down, can also use a mini cookie scoop or large piping tip} and take the core out of the cupcakes.
- Pipe or spoon whipped cream into each cupcake.
- Place frosting in pastry bag with medium star tip and pipe a dam or border around the top of the cupcakes. Make sure frosting is stable enough to hold strawberry filling inside. If it's too loose, it will fall off the sides of the cupcakes.
- Spoon strawberry fruit filling into the center of each cupcake. Garnish with more fresh strawberries on top if desired.