strawberry and vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

using a standard white cake mix

some flavored extract, and cream cheese frosting

i made these bite size treats to share at a friends annual labor day party.

first i filled a tray with plain cake batter(for those that are particularly picky)

and then made a tray of strawberry flavored cupcakes.

while cupcakes are baking and cooling, in a mixer

whip together softened cream cheese, a little vanilla extract

and some sugar for a simple cream cheese frosting

pipe just a little onto the cupcakes...

add a slice of strawberry to a few...

and just like that, youre done!

mini strawberry lemon cakes

this might be one of my favorite recipes so far.

it was another spur of the moment,

bake with whatever i find in the cabinet kind of night.

i baked lemon cake mix (yes i know. another cake mix,

but hey, it was late and spur of the moment.)

instead of baking the cake in a regular cake pan, i divided

the batter into muffin tins, for easy individual servings.

i whipped up some semi-homemade frosting and mixed in

a little strawberry extract for added flavor.

top with sliced fresh strawberries and enjoy!