Recipe
Strawberry Jam
1 cup frozen of fresh strawberries
1/3 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Directions
To a sauce pan on medium heat, add strawberries, sugar and lemon juice. Cook until reduced and has a jam like consistency. Place in the fridge to cool.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
4 ounces of room temp cream cheese
1/3 cup of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon strawberry jam (from above)
Directions
To a bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and jam. Mix well. Set aside until ready to use.
Strawberry Muffins
1 cup of room temp butter
1 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup of sifted flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1/3 cup of milk
3 tablespoons strawberry jam
1 teaspoon essence
Directions
To a bowl, cream the butter and sugar, until the sugar is mostly melted.
Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each egg. Add the salt, yogurt, milk and essence. Mix well.
Sift in the flour and baking powder. Once combined, add the strawberry jam and mix.
Line a muffin tray with cup cake wrappers.
Add 1 heaping tablespoon of muffin batter to each muffin. Add on top 1 tablespoon of strawberry jam and top off with another heaping scoop of muffin batter.
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake the muffins for 25-30 minutes. (Depends on the size of muffins).
Remove it from the muffin tin and allow the muffins to cool completely.
Fill a piping bag with the cream cheese frosting and decorate the muffins.
Now you can eat it all!
