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White Chocolate Cupcakes

From Sandra Lee, star of Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking, New York Times best selling cookbook author and national spokesperson for Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale.

white chocolate cupcakes
“Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale is a great way for people to give back to their communities. By hosting bake sales, individuals are making a difference in the lives of nearlty 17 American children face hunger. Helping provide children with their next meal is a beautiful thing.”
—Sandra Lee, star of Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking.

Yield

16 cupcakes

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 package (18.25-ounce) white cake mix, Betty Crocker®
  • 1 package (4-serving-size) instant white chocolate pudding and pie filling, Jell-O®
  • 1 cup cream soda, Barq's®
  • ¾ cup liquid egg whites, All Whites®
  • ½ cup vegetable oil, Crisco®
  • 2-½ cups white baking chips, Nestlé®
  • 2/3 cup whipping cream
  • White chocolate bar, shaved

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Line sixteen 2-½-inch muffin cups with paper baking cups.
  3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, dry instant pudding, cream soda, egg whites, and oil; beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds.
  4. Scrape down sides of the bowl and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes more.
  5. Stir in 1 cup of the white baking chips.
  6. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each two-thirds full.
  7. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Remove from muffin cups; cool on wire racks.
  8. Place the remaining 1-½ cups white baking chips in a medium bowl; set aside.
  9. In a small saucepan, heat cream over medium heat until almost boiling. Pour hot cream over white baking chips; stir until smooth.
  10. Let cool to room temperature or until cream mixture is thick and shiny.
  11. Dip tops of cooled cupcakes into cream mixture; if necessary, use knife to smooth tops. Set cupcakes upright; sprinkle with white chocolate shavings.

Recipe excerpted from Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Desserts 2. Copyright © 2008 by Sandra Lee. Reprinted by permission of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Enterprises, Inc.



Sandra LeeSandra Lee is Editor-in-Chief of Semi-Homemade magazine, an internationally acclaimed Home & Food expert and host of the Emmy-nominated Food Network series, Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee. With 17 books to her credit, she is a New York Times and Amazon.com best-selling author. With her trademark 70/30 Semi-Homemade® philosophy, which combines 70% ready-made products with 30% fresh and creative touches, Sandra is recognized as the foremost advocate to over-extended people. She created the platform to continually supply savory tactics that allows anyone to take 100% of the credit for something that looks, feels and tastes as if it were completely made from scratch.

Photo Credits: Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Enterprises Inc.

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