White Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes

I didn’t waste time; I got down to business right away! However, having heard that something is  cooking in the kitchen my dear husband immediately  sneaked into the room to see what was going on! “How about vanilla strawberry cupcakes?”, I asked. “Strawberries in the midst of autumn?! Hmm, don’t ask me, you are the cook!”- he said and gone!

Just when I had it all figured out, someone had to ruin my plans! Nevertheless I decided to indulge everyone’s whims and make a compromise. I would modify my plans and add chocolate to cupcakes. But the problem was that the chocolate could be overpowering so I wondered what to do. Then it dawned on me, I would use white chocolate instead. Everybody loves white chocolate and it would nicely balance off the strawberry flavor.

However, soon a new problem shown up! I realized that there weren’t enough strawberries in the freezer. Merely a handful! Hmmm, could I use the home-made jam I made in the summer? That can’t possible spoil my dessert. It could only make it better. It made it better indeed! Soon I took my strawberry cupcakes out of the oven and they were even better than I’d hoped, especially given the fact that I made the recipe up, instead of relying on an existing one.

The cupcakes were a bit dense, but perfectly moist and flavorful, filled with strawberry jam and topped first with a layer of melted white chocolate and then with a generous swirl of white chocolate  strawberry cream cheese frosting. To make them perfect, I topped them with the mixture of strawberry jam and sauce and decorated them with white chocolate shavings.

Ingredients
For Vanilla Cupcakes:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons corn-strach
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cups vegetable oil
• 1 cup milk
• 4 eggs (lightly beaten)
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling:

• 1 cup strawberry jam
• For topping:
• 6 oz white chocolate

For the frosting:

• 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 4 oz. cream cheese-softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 oz. white chocolate- melted
• 1 cup (or more) powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup strawberry jam

For garnish:

• 3 tablespoon strawberry sauce
• 2 tablespoon strawberry jam
• white chocolate shavings

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and line your cupcake pans with your liners.
2. In a large bowl mixed together dry ingredients (flour, sugar, corn-strach, baking powder)
3. In lightly beaten eggs add wet ingredients (oil, milk, vanilla extract) and mix well.
4. ................................

for full instruction please see : omgchocolatedesserts.com

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