One of the girls in my office is getting married this Saturday. YAY for vows and wedding bells! So in celebration of their honeymoon in Maui, I made some Aloha-inspired cupcakes I call Maui Wowie. I found the cupcake recipe from the Cupcake Recipes and finished them off with Martha Stewart's Strawberry Meringue Buttercream Frosting with minor alterations, then sprinkled with Sugar in the Raw and edible gold glitter.
Pineapple Low-Fat Cupcakes
(Makes 24 cupcakes)
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking soda
6 egg whites
1 1/2 tsp vanilla (always use the pure stuff of course, never imitation!)
20 ounces (1 can) crushed pineapple
4 tbsp powdered sugar
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl and combine the sugar, flour and baking soda.
Next, beat in the egg whites, the vanilla and pineapple. Use electric mixer or whisk by hand until mixed well.
Pour the batter into a lined cupcake tin and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 25 minutes.
Poke with a cake batter stick or toothpick and make sure it comes out clean.
Remove from oven and leave in tin for 5 minutes.
MUST be completely cooled before spreading the delicious frosting!
Next, beat in the egg whites, the vanilla and pineapple. Use electric mixer or whisk by hand until mixed well.
Pour the batter into a lined cupcake tin and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 25 minutes.
Poke with a cake batter stick or toothpick and make sure it comes out clean.
Remove from oven and leave in tin for 5 minutes.
MUST be completely cooled before spreading the delicious frosting!
(Had plenty left after 24 cupcakes, could frost 36 cupcakes)
4 large egg whites
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into tablespoons
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 can (12.75oz size) of Smucker's Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves, pre-stirred in the jar