Lemon Burst Cupcakes
Recipe from
Betty Crocker
Mmm! There's a surprise burst of creamy lemon filling inside these delicious cupcakes.
Servings:
24 cupcakes
Prep Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
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1 boxBetty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mixsee savings
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Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix boxsee savings
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1 jarlemon curd (10 to 12 ounces)see savings
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1 containerBetty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting(12 ounces)see savings
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1/4 cupBetty Crocker® yellow candy sprinklessee savings
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1/4 cupBetty Crocker® white candy sprinklessee savings
Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
2.
By slowly spinning end of round handle of wooden spoon back and forth, make deep, 3/4-inch-wide indentation in center of top of each cupcake, not quite to bottom (wiggle end of spoon in cupcake to make opening large enough).
3.
Spoon lemon curd into corner of resealable heavy-duty food-storage plastic bag. Cut about 1/4 inch off corner of bag. Gently push cut corner of bag into center of cupcake. Squeeze about 2 teaspoons lemon curd into center of each cupcake for filling, being careful not to split cupcake.
4.
Frost cupcakes with frosting. To decorate, roll edge of each cupcake in candy sprinkles. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Tip:
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 240 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 1 1/2g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 180mg; Total Carbohydrate 36g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 26g); Protein 1g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 2%; Iron 2%. Exchanges: 0 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Vegetable; 0 Medium-Fat Meat; 2 Fat. Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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