Food Friday! The Quest for Cupcakes

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Every so often, I do something silly. A cousin of TheBoy’s has a baby shower at the end of this month, and I volunteered to make cupcakes, mini-quiches and ice cream. For how many people? We aren’t sure yet. But it’s looking like it could be a lot.

So this week I started my search for some amazing strawberry cupcakes. I want something that tastes like strawberry is a little pink, sweet but not too sweet, and can hold up to a cream cheese frosting.

The first recipe I’ve tried is Sprinkles’ Strawberry Cupcakes, found via MarthaStewart.com. They’re a nice cupcake- the texture is right, but the recipe doesn’t use very much strawberry puree, so it’s only a hint of strawberry.

On a recommendation from my mom, I’m going to try this recipe next – Angie’s Famous Cupcakes from Good Things Catered. But first, I need to buy some more strawberries. I bought 4 lbs on Monday, only used a little for the recipe- and my boys ate the rest.

They are strawberry eating machines. Thank goodness we live in Southern California, where the berries are local and fairly cheap. I’d be poor if they were this obsessed with blueberries!

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