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Country Cupcake Recipe


  • Author: Jill Sharpe
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 24 cupcakes 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1, 18.25oz box vanilla cake mix
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • 1 cup blueberry or raspberry jam
  • 2, 8oz package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 5 Tablespoons butter, room temperature 
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 pint blue berries
  • 1 pint raspberries
  • 1 star fruit, ½ inch slices

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Mix the cake mix, oil, eggs and water together according to the directions on the package. Place white or silver cupcake cups into a cupcake pan and evenly pour the batter into each. Bake for 18-23 minutes or as indicated on the package.
  3. Let the cupcakes cool.
  4. Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl whisk together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and lemon juice, set frosting aside.
  5. When the cupcakes are cool make a small, deep hole in the top of each cupcake with a large icing tip, turkey baster or a thick straw. Place the jam into a small plastic bag and squeeze into one corner, cut of a small piece of the corner and pipe the jam into the hole of each cupcake.
  6. Spread icing over the top of each cupcake. Top the cupcakes with the berries and some of them with a slice of star fruit.
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 25