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Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes by whatscookingwithruthie.com

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes
Breast Cancer Cupcakes by whatscookingwithruthie.com

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes
Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes is my little attempt to help remind you about the importance of staying on top your yearly breast exams 🙂   I love to run the Komen Race for the Cure and part of their program is  I am the cure which promotes early detection, effective treatment, and education.  Visit their site to learn about the little key chain you see in the photo above, I got that after running the 5K a couple of years ago and it’s a good reminder of the importance of finding breast lumps when they’re small.

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes

My Gram (who was the inspiration for my blog) was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and lived with it for 10 years.   Eventually though her life was taken at much too young of an age from it.  My daughter, Madi, made the ceramic Breast Cancer Ribbon box (that’s in the photo above) for me.   I hope that I’m setting a good example for my girls of the seriousness of Breast Cancer and how important it is to stay on top of your breast health.

At the beginning of the month I wrote a post about Breast Cancer Awareness  please make sure and check it out.  I hope it might help motivate all of you to stay on top of your Breast Health and yearly exams too!!

I’m thinking you ought to make these yummy cupcakes AFTER you complete your yearly exam!!  Nothing like a little incentive to motivate a person, right?! 🙂

Yield: 24

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes...

Breast Cancer Cupcakes by whatscookingwithruthie.com
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 C flour, sifted
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 C sugar
  • 1 3oz packet strawberry jello
  • 1/4 C butter, softened
  • 1/2 C non-fat plain greek yogurt
  • 4 eggs, at room temperature (or 2 whole egg and 4 egg whites for lower fat/cholesterol)
  • 1 C low-fat milk, at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Frosting:
  • 1 C butter, softened
  • 4 C powdered sugar
  • 1-2 Tbsp milk
  • Frosting: In a mixing bowl cream butter until smooth, add powdered sugar 1 C at a time mixing with each addition. Add just enough milk to smooth it out.

Instructions

  1. Cupcakes:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Line muffin tins with 24 papers.
  4. In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
  5. In a large mixing bowl combine sugar, gelatin, butter, and greek yogurt.
  6. Cream on medium high speed until light and fluffy.
  7. Add 1 egg at a time, beating for 1 minute.
  8. Mix the vanilla and the milk together.
  9. Alternate 1 C dry ingredients with 1/2 the milk and repeat mixing with each addition.
  10. Fill the muffin papers 2/3rds the way full.
  11. Bake 20-22 minutes until top springs back when lightly pressed.
  12. Allow to cool on a rack.
  13. Frosting:
  14. In a mixing bowl cream butter until smooth, add powdered sugar 1 C at a time mixing with each addition.
  15. Add just enough milk to smooth it out.

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes by whatscookingwithruthie.com

Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes… are very moist and strawberry-licious with all that jello in there!!  They turn out the perfect shade of pink too  🙂

Happy Thursday and Happy Cooking too!

Love,

Ruthie

  1. Elizabeth says:

    What a great cause to bake for. These look great! I love the breast cancer ribbon sprinkles, too.

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