Strawberry-orange Surprise Cupcakes

Total Time: 34 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• nonstick cooking spray
• 1/3 cup diced fresh strawberries
• 2 tablespoons low sugar orange marmalade
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup sugar (or splenda for baking or sun crystals granulated blend)
• 1/4 cup canola oil or 1/4 cup style extra-light vegetable oil spread, melted
• 1/4 cup refrigerated fat-free liquid egg product or 1/4 cup frozen fat-free liquid egg product, thawed or 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
• 4 ounces softened neufchatel cheese
• 1/2 cup fat free plain greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup low sugar marmalade
• 3 drops red food coloring
• orange strip
• fresh strawberry slices

Recipe

• 1 cupcakes: preheat oven to 350. line tweleve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper bake cups. coat cups with nonstick cooking spray. set aside.
• 2 in a bowl, gently stir together diced strawberries and orange marmalade; set aside.
• 3 in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• 4 in a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla. add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture. whisk just until combined. add finely shredded orange peel and gently stir.
• 5 spoon 1/2 of the batter into prepared muffin cups. evenly spoon strawberry mixture over batter in muffin cups. bake 14-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. cool in muffin cups on a wire rack.
• 6 frost cooled cupcakes with frosting. store frosted cupcakes in refrigerator. garnish with orange peel strips and fresh strawberry slices before serving.
• 7 orange cream cheese frosting: in a medium bowl, beat neufchatel with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. beat in greek yogurt. stir in marmalade (frosting will thin slightly). if desired, tint frosting pink with a few drops red food coloring. cover and chill frosting 4-24 hours before piping on cakes.