Don’t these just look like summer? Pineapple cake with cream cheese frosting–so simple but so delicious. Dress them up with a slice of pineapple and maraschino cherries! Okay, okay you might recognize these from last year’s Pineapple Cupcakes, but they were so popular on the blog I wanted to include them in my new book but I wanted to revamp the recipe a little and take better photos. So this is out of my new cookbook Make it with a Cake Mix, enjoy!
The Story:
I like to think that I’m one of those girls that can just hang out on the beach with some fancy (non-alcoholic) drink in her hand for hours.
But every time I try, I only last 5 minutes.
I burn way too fast. I feel like an idiot next to all the girls in their itsy-bitsy bikinis. And I just get bored.
Pineapple Cream Cupcakes
Ingredients
Pineapple Cake:
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1/3 C. melted butter cooled
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 C. crushed pineapple with juice
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1/2 C. butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3-4 C. powdered sugar
Maraschino Cherries for decoration
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
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2. Sift cake mix into a small bowl and set aside.
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3. In a large bowl combine butter, eggs, pineapple and vanilla extract.
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4. Stir in cake mix until smooth.
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5. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 17-22 minute or until and inserted knife comes out clean.
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6. Let cool.
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7. Frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese for 2 minutes until smooth. Add vanilla extract and slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency. If it becomes too thick, add milk or cream.
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8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with a cherrie and sprinkles to dress them up.
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9. Bust out a lawn chair and pretend you're on Spring Break.
Next one to try because i love pineapple
These are so festive and fun! 🙂
Beautiful photos! Look amazing!!
These look so summery! I can’t wait to try them.
My mom loves pineapple, so I will try this recipe. Thanks!
Is the confectionary sugar 3 to 4 cups or 3/4 cups? Thanks!
3 to 4 cups!
I made these for memorial day and everyone loved them!
Do these need to be refrigerated?
How many cupcakes does this recipe yield?
About 18
I made three batches of these with a slight variation, and they were an ENORMOUS hit! (That’s why I made them twice more after the first time.)
I made the cupcakes as above (I got 20 out of the recipe), but for the frosting instead of the vanilla extract I used 1 tsp. of coconut extract and 1 tsp. of rum extract, then sprinkled the tops with coconut before adding the cherry. Top them off with a paper umbrella and you’ve got pina colada cupcakes!
I’m very new to baking. Thank you for this recipe. What tips can you give me to make these a day in advance and still have yummy frosted cupcakes?
I want to know how to best store them over night and still be moist the next day? I can keep them cold during traveling if needed. How will the frosting hold if I frost them the night before?
For the cream cheese frosting would you suggest it tastes better with regular butter or unsalted butter?
I always use salted butter. I have used unsalted before and never really liked the taste of it. it never made my frosting pop
I always use salted butter
very nice recipe. awesome cake recipe.
do they have to be kelp in ref. ?
I keep mine in the refrigerator because of the pineapple
Nice recipe of pineapple cup cakes
Nice recipe
I make these cupcakes very often because my family, friends, and. I all love anything pineapple. The only changes I’ve made was instead of the yellow cake mix, I use the pineapple supreme cake mix, pineapple juice in place of the water and along with the vanilla extract I added 2 tsps each of butter and pineapple extracts.
I have made these cupcakes several times, and they never fail to disappoint! They taste amazing and the pineapple really adds a nice texture. These are my favourite cupcakes to make, and they are super easy and quick. Hands down, the best cupcake recipe of all time.
i would like to make this can i substitute the cream cheese
The top if page says yellow and white cake mix however that’s not listed in the ingredients l. Is it one or two boxes of mix.
I’m in the middle of making these and didn’t realize you use salted butter for frosting I’m not used to baking with salted butter so since I’m already committed could I add pinch of salt to frosting or what would be a way to make it pop without salted butter ?!
I make these cupcakes frequently for my family, friends, and coworkers. Anything pineapple is a favorite of mine. The only alterations I made were to use pineapple supreme cake mix instead of yellow cake mix, pineapple juice instead of water, and 2 tsp each of butter and pineapple extracts in addition to the vanilla extract.
Very nice recipe and useful for us being the Best wedding caterer in Chandigarh
These were a hit!!! Will def make again!! Thanks for sharing
It is a great recipe. Thx
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Great Learning for me! What a Lovely Blog is this. I Love Cake, Even I order delicious bomb cake from Kekmart
Wow! Great blog. This Recipe is amazing. I also order 6 month strawberry birthday cake from Kekmart
Are you supposed to drain the pineapple?
Making these today. Drain or no drain?