My daughter and I went to the post office last night to mail out some cookies. (Yay for fun cookie swaps btw) Do you know what we noticed? Not very many people decorate their houses for Christmas anymore. On our street there are only 6 houses with out door lights twinkling on their porches.
That may sound like quite a few, until you know that there are at least 50 homes on the 2 blocks of our street. And we didn't see very many throughout town as were were driving. Why are so many people Scrooge McMuffins when it comes to decorating with outdoor lights? When I was little I can remember house after house decked out for the holidays. (and I'm not that old)
Speaking of decorating, do you like cute baking supplies as much as I do? Something about adorable cupcake liners just makes the cupcakes look that much better. So of course I jumped at the chance to bake with some new cupcake liners. I loved that the pattern and color was still visible after baking cupcakes in them. Gotta love these grease proof liners!!!
Let's talk about this cupcake recipe for a minute. A few months ago we were at a carry in dinner at church and I had one of these cupcakes. They were made by one of the sweetest ladies in our church. (Hi, Maureen!)
After eating one, I just had to have the recipe. Of course she graciously wrote it down for me and gave me permission to blog it. What I love most about these cupcakes is how easy and fast they are to put together. With all the business of the holiday month, I love having easy cake mix recipes that I can just jazz up with a few extra ingredients.
My favorite part of these cupcakes is the hidden pineapple preserve center. Now you can totally get all Martha on me and make homemade preserves, but remember I said I like fast, simple, and easy recipes during busy months.
So, I just bought a jar of the Smuckers pineapple preserves and that worked out for me. Same goes for the candied pineapple on top...feel free to make your own But they sell it in the store, so I chose to support the pineapple company and just bought it already candied. That leaves me more time to shop for gifts or put more lights on the outside of my house!
Want more fruit filled desserts on your holiday tables? Check out these delicious links...
Toffee Apple Pie Cookies from BruCrew Life
White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Fudge from Chocolate, Chocolate and More
Lemon Cheesecake Cake from BruCrew Life
Recipe
Pineapple Filled Cupcakes
Vanilla cupcakes filled with pineapple preserves and topped with cream cheese frosting
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 1 vanilla cake mix
- 1 - 3.4 ounce box instant vanilla pudding
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup oil
- ½ cup pineapple preserves
For the Frosting
- 2 - 8 ounce packages packages cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 5 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place 24 cupcake liners in 2 muffin tins.
- Combine the cake mix, pudding, eggs, water, and oil in a mixing bowl. Beat on low for 1 minute and then on medium for 2 minutes.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the cupcake liners and bake for 22 minutes. Let cool.
- Scoop out a small spoonful from the center of the cupcakes and fill with pineapple preserves.
- Beat the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Slowly add the powdered sugar until all is mixed in. Let chill for 30 minutes.
- Place in decorator bag and pipe onto cupcakes covering the preserves. Top with candied pineapple, if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 248Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 204mgCarbohydrates: 43gFiber: 0gSugar: 33gProtein: 2g
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
Your cupcakes look so fun and delicious! I would bake muffins (my favorite) with these liners first!
Raquel
I came for the cupcakes and love that there was a contest. I LOVE cupcakes and would use the liners for them. Your pineapple cupcakes are mouth-watering!
Rosanne
These cupcakes look so light and refreshing. And cute cupcake papers...always calling my name, where ever I might be.
andrea macy
My favorite cake growing up is pineapple upside down cake . So, this recipe for pineapple cupcakes is definitely on my short list. They look SO yummy and so cute in those cupcake liners. Lovin the chevrons.
Michelle @ The Cookie Counter
Oh my! So cute, I would totally make some red velvet cupcakes for the holidays, love that deep red color during Christmas!
Brandi Davis Bryant
I would probably make vanilla and red velvet cupcakes. Thanks for the giveaway. Good luck everyone.
Shiloh Barkley
Emailed this to my mom! I think my dad would like this flavor for his bday infebruary!
Carole @The Sweet Chick
OMG..I love those chevron liners. Too cute!
Meghan @ The Tasty Fork
Ahhh! Such cute stuff! All of your product recs are getting me to spend money on myself instead of shopping for others... which isn't always a bad thing!
MaryB
I would love to make some spicy ginger cupcakes.
Becca
I would make any cupcakes in these - but first, funfetti!
Angie@Echoes of Laughter
K. Those cupcakes made me hungry! Thanks so much for the super cute giveaway! Have a lovely week! Angie xo
bianca @ sweet dreaming
i'd love to make these cupcakes in those liners!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
Ha! You need to come to my neighborhood. We put up lights, but feel like the scrooges because we didn't go Christmas Vacation style. 😉 Yummy cupcakes, and those straws. I want!
mindy pitcher
p.s. i would probably bake something like chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache and chocolate dipped candy canes all crunched up on the top.
mindy pitcher
yummy!!! my sweethubby is a "scrooge mcmuffin" about the outdoor lights. he has said he would do it if it were important to all of us.. so i guess we are all little scroogie mcmuffins about it? we don't make a big deal BUT i do have cute trees on my little porch WITH darling lights.. i just don't always remember to turn them on.
Joan@Chocolateandmore
Ok, I'm a scrooge, but now you've made me feel guilty so I'll dig out the lights and put them up before the weekend. We just stopped putting them up because we hated taking them down again.
As for the liners, they'd have to have some wonderful muffin in them for Christmas morning!
Joan@Chocolateandmore
Oh and thanks for including me!
Anna
I would make dark chocolate cream cheese cupcakes!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
I love how vibrant these liners are even after baking! Hmmmm, I'm thinking some sort of chocolate cupcake sounds good right now. 🙂 Love this pineapple version - and your swirly frosting is so pretty!
Amy
I think I'd make some chocolate cupcakes... you can't go wrong with chocolate!