Delicious Pineapple Cupcakes

Since I always get good feedback from my recipes and since I personally love finding new recipes from fellow bloggers I thought I'd share with you the recipe for these amazing Pineapple Cupcakes. If you're a huge pineapple fan then you'll love these. My parents love pineapple and said that they were the best cupcakes I've made yet. 

Pineapple Cupcakes

Ingredients for the cupcakes:

1 Can (20 oz) pineapple tidbits ( and reserved juice )
1 package(s) yellow cake mix 

1/4 cup pineapple juice
3/4 cup water
2 eggs
3 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions

• preheat oven to 350
• line 18 cupcake liners in muffin tin
• in a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients for the cupcakes except the brown sugar and mix
• add the brown sugar and swirl through the batter making rings
• fill each cupcake liner 2/3 full
• bake for 20 min
• let cool completely before frosting

For the frosting

4    cups  powdered sugar
1    cup  softened butter ( 2 sticks )
2    tablespoon  pineapple juice
1    teaspoon  vanilla extract 

• In a mixer cream the sticks of butter and powdered sugar
• add the pineapple juice and vanilla (add more pineapple juice if needed for consistency)
• beat for 5-10 min for completely smooth frosting
• Pipe or spread on cooled cupcakes

For the glaze

3    tablespoon    butter
1/4    cup    brown sugar, packed
3    tablespoons    pineapple juice
1/2    Can (20 oz)    pineapple chunks

• in a saucepan melt the butter and brown sugar
• add the pineapple juice and fruit chunks
• cook over medium heat for 5-7 min until the sugar starts to caramelize and the pineapples get a nice golden color
• let cool completely {Do Not Put in fridge to speed up cooling this will cause the butter to solidify again}
• place completely room temp pineapples on each cupcake and drizzle some of the glaze on each 

 

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If any of you all try this recipe I'd love to know how it turned out for you! Thanks for reading. Hope you all have a wonderful day.