Baltimore Oriole Happy Birthday Val Cupcakes!

Happy Birthday Val!! Baltimore Oriole Cupcakes

For my friend Val's birthday, my friend Michelle (favorite cupcake assistant previously mentioned in shower  cupcakes), Holly and myself whipped out Val's favorite, pound cake cupcakes with a whole strawberry in the middle.

These cupcakes are really easy, just a little time consuming, however when you get three girls together (and a toddler to help with taste testing) these took no time at all!! We cheated by using a box mix, but in all honesty, they were still delicious so who cares! We used  Betty Crocker cake mix. Mix these as instructed on the box, and then bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

To put the strawberry in the middle, its stupidly easy, just cut a hole in the cupcake the size of the strawberry and push that sucker down in there. (Tip: make sure the strawberry is dry so it doesn't leak). You want to have it so the strawberry is flush with the top of the cupcake. See picture.

The icing was really easy to make. The icing is a whipped cream butter cream.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

3 cups powdered sugar

1 tbs Vanilla

3 tbs Whipping Cream

Cream together the butter and powdered sugar, then add vanilla and whipping cream.

The Birthday Girl Loved them as did a few homeless guys in baltimore :)

Birthday Girl Loved them!!