Valentine's Day!

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Found this great recipe I thought I would share! (From Everyday Food Storage)

FEBRUARY IS “LET THEM EAT (FOOD STORAGE) CAKE!” MONTH!

And since Valentine’s Day is TOMORROW-I’m going to show you a yummy one bowl Strawberry Cupcake recipe that will be pink WITH OUT artificial colors and delicious. I’ll even show you a very easy yet adorable decorating tip (think super crafty mom meets the practical mom that can’t spend all day on Valentine’s cupcakes) for your cupcakes. Of course, we’ll be using food storage and a lot of it! Whole wheat, powdered milk, powdered eggs, beans, and freeze dried strawberries. That is pretty much something from EVERY category….now that is LOVE!

Food Storage Valentine Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe

Recipe type: Dessert

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 30 mins

Serves: 24

These cupcakes contain no artificial flavors or colors-it is the REAL deal and will use food storage from every main food storage category!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted (1 3/4 C. allpurpose and 1/4 whole wheat flour)
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder (YES, tablespoon)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (1/2 C. bean puree)
• 1 cup milk (3 T. dry instant milk powder or scant 1/3 C. instant milk powder + 1 C. water)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs (1/4 C. dry egg powder + 1/2 C. water)
• 1 3/4 C. freeze dried strawberries, pulsed in blender

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large mixing bowl sift flour and sugar, baking powder and salt and other powders if you are using powdered eggs and milk and hydrate the strawberries in water necessary to hydrate your milk and egg powders.
3. Add butter or bean puree, milk and vanilla. Beat with a hand mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, occasionally scraping sides of bowl.
4. Add eggs and strawberries, beat for 2 more minutes.
5. Pour batter into prepared cupcake pans, filling 2/3. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. (If using beans, these almost work better without liners-just spray the cupcake pans with non-stick spray and fill)
6. Cool. Frost with cream cheese or whip cream frosting. If using whip cream frosting the cake must be refrigerated.