Tis the Season, for Strawberries that is!!!

I know summer is coming when the birds outside my window start waking me up at 4:30am, when all the neighborhood kids are playing in my backyard, and when I am able to eat fresh, sweet strawberries again.  What is even better?  Strawberry shortcake!  So, I thought, what better way to satisfy my cravings then in one of our delicious cupcakes.  

These self indulging cupcakes have fresh strawberries in both the cake and the frosting.  I only made one tiny mistake, which I corrected right away, and that was I got so excited that I ended up pouring the fresh strawberry puree in the frosting mixture way to early, resulting in having to throw it out and start over.  However, as many of us know practice makes perfect.  If you are like me and love strawberry shortcake then you will love love love this Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake!