Munchie Monday- Strawberry Cupcakes

Hi everyone and welcome to my first post for Munchie Monday! This week I will show you how to make some good tasting strawberry cupcakes and strawberry frosting. For the cupcakes I use a Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix and followed the directions on the box.
The frosting however I did make from scratch and it got it from here. I actually messed up the recipe by ONLY added 1/4 cup of butter. So the icing didn't come out the best. :(

 Ingredients for the Frosting:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature

4 cups powdered sugar, plus extra, as needed

1/4 cup whole milk, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 to 3 tablespoons strawberry fruit spread or jam (I LOVE strawberries so i added like 5 tablespoons of jam :D)
Mini chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

 In a medium bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter until light and smooth. Beat in 3 cups powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth and creamy.

 Beat in the strawberry fruit spread or jam into the vanilla frosting. Mix in the remaining 1 cup powdered sugar, plus extra, as needed, until smooth and creamy.
I added mini chocolate chips to the tops of them to act like "seeds". :D

Mine came out really thin at first but that might have been because i didn't add enough butter. I did chill the frosting for about a hour and a half and it thickened up. Other than it being thin it tasted AMAZING! The strawberry flavor was the perfect amount! It was a little to sugary next time I time I will be using this recipe. It's a cream cheese frosting recipe that looks really good.

I hope you enjoyed today's post! I hope you try these Strawberry cupcakes and let me know how they come out. :)

xoxo

Rita!