• Cooking Time: 20
• Servings: 24
• Preparation Time: 30
• Cupcakes
• 1 box strawberry cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/4C vegetable oil
• 1 1/2C frozen mixed berries, thawed and drained of juice (reserve juice)
• 1/4C berry juice
• 1C water
• Frosting
• 3/4C thawed berries, pushed through a seive to create a puree
• 1 1/2sticks unsalted butter-room temperature
• 5C powdered sugar.

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Prepare cupcake pans with liners and I spray each one with a little butter spray.
3. I mixed the water with berry juice and then combined the eggs and oil and cake mix in a medium bowl, whisking until smooth.
4. Gently fold in the thawed berries and scoop them into the prepared pan.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
6. Once the cakes are done, let them cool completely before frosting.
8. Frosting:
9. Thaw berries completely in microwave, drain juice and mash through seive.
10. Using a stand mixer whip butter and puree until combined.
11. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until you reach the spreading consistency that you prefer.
12. I like a more stiff frosting to stand up to piping.
13. I also added a few decorator candies to make them more special.
15. Enjoy!

So...I am obsessed with homemade buttercream frosting!! This time was for the Super Bowl party. I started again with a cake mix, this was a strawberry flavored mix that I added real fruit to.