Friday, February 8, 2013

When fresh fruit and yogurt unite..into a delicious cupcake ^^

This one is from a while back, but so totally worth sharing!  My mom and I decided to change our eating lifestyle, and incorporated tons more fruits and veggies in our daily menu.  If you were to open our fridge, you'd definitely get an eye-full of different yogurt flavors, mixed berries and some other health dish of the week.  I do have to admit that as much as I have grown to LOVE yogurt, it quite frankly gets tiring after a while if you don't flare it up with some granola/cereal, fruits....or throw it in a cake recipe!
One afternoon my mom came home with a super easy Betty Crocker recipe that called for yogurt.  What a simple concept, yet it brings tremendous flavor to your regular cake recipe!  The first time I made this was for my best friend's baby shower.  I got super excited with frosting the cake that I put a little too much and when we cut into it frosting and strawberries started oozing out into a great mess.  Not a bad thing =) but I was looking forward to a professional-esque slice of cake.  Oh, well!  It was still a hit!
My remedy to the delicious mess was to scale it down to a couple dozen cupcakes, which ended up being a fantastic fix.  They looked so much cuter..topped with their own dollop of whipped vanilla frosting and fresh strawberry.  And since we had changed our eating habits, cupcakes were a great way to portion control =)


INGREDIENTS
CAKE
1 Box Moist White Cake Mix
3/4 Cup Water
1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Egg Whites
1 6oz Container Strawberry Yogurt (or any flavor your heart desires)

FROSTING
3/4 Container Whipped Vanilla Frosting
2 Tablespoons Whipping Cream
1 1/2 - 2 Cups Fresh Fruit, sliced

DIRECTIONS
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Drop cake batter into paper lined cupcake tin or a lightly greased cake pan.

3. Bake as directed on the box.  Then cool completely on wire rack.

4. To prepare the frosting, whip together whipping cream and frosting till smooth and fluffy.

5. Frost your cake or cupcakes and place fresh fruits on top.

Oh man...just thinking about these cupcakes really makes me want one!  I'm sure there's some yogurt lingering around in the fridge, just waiting... =)


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