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Strawberry Brunt Almond Cupcakes

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • Your favorite White Cake Recipe Or a box of white cake mix
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Almond Extract
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 Cup Strawberry jam
Frosting:
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese soften
  • 1 Stick Butter soften
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Almond Extract
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Cups Powdered Sugar
Roasted Brown Sugar Butter Almonds:
  • 2 Cups Sliver Almonds
  • 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter melted

Method
 

Cake
  1. Mix your cake recipe or box cake mix.
  2. Add almond extract
  3. Add vanilla extract
  4. Bake 25-30 minutes. Sticking at toothpick in, and see if it come out clean.
  5. Let it cool completely.
  6. Once cooled, use a teaspoon to scope out the middle of the cupcake.
  7. Fill the hole with strawberry jam
Frosting
  1. Cream together the cream cheese and the butter using your mixer.
  2. Add the almond and vanilla extract.
  3. Add the powder sugar, one cup at a time, until it's smooth like frosting.
  4. Frost your cupcakes. Be careful not to let the jam come out as you smooth your frosting over.
Roasted Brown Sugar, Butter Almonds
  1. Turn your broiler on.
  2. Dump your almonds into a baking dish.
  3. Mix in the brown sugar.
  4. Add the butter, mix well.
  5. Roast for about 5 minutes.
  6. **Keep an eye on it or you will burn your almonds.**
  7. When the almonds are done, let them cool for a couple of minutes.
  8. Grab you cupcake and lay them face down into the roasted almond.