Raspberry Dream Cupcakes for National Cupcake Day
We all know Cupcakes are a sweet and tasty treat, but what if you could use that sweet tooth for a good cause?
Right now you can ‘Bake a Difference’ through the second annual National Cupcake Day™, taking place February 24th, to benefit Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Humane Societies across Canada.
The initiative originally began by the RSPCA in Australia and began in parts of Canada last year. For 2014, new sponsors jumped in to help even more SPCAs all across Canada. It’s a delicious way to show your support of animal welfare across the country and simple to participate. All proceeds raised go to support our animal friends.
Since National Cupcake Day {for a good cause} can’t be without cupcakes, I made a treat which I like to call Raspberry Cupcakes. These are heavenly in a little bundle, plus bright and cheery for Valentine’s Day or to help bring on the feeling of Spring.
The cupcake itself is denser than the traditional, since it has white chocolate inside plus raspberries. The icing is a Raspberry Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting, so divine!
Here is the recipe to make and share with your friends, one taste and they’ll gladly support the SPCA!

Raspberry Dream Cupcakes
The cupcake itself is denser than the traditional, since it has white chocolate inside plus raspberries. The icing is a Raspberry Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting, so divine!
Ingredients
FOR THE CUPCAKES
- ▪ 2 cups frozen raspberries
- ▪ 2 bars of white chocolate, I used 2 bars of Ghirardelli (4 oz each
- ▪ 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- ▪ 1/4 cup softened butter
- ▪ 1 cup sugar
- ▪ 2 large eggs
- ▪ 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- ▪ 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ▪ 1/4 cup milk
FOR THE ICING
- ▪ 8 oz package of softened Cream Cheese
- ▪ 7 oz jar Marshmallow Cream
- ▪ 1/3 cup of Fresh Raspberries, chopped
Instructions
- CUPCAKES
- Preheat the over to 350 degrees and line muffin pans with paper liners.
- In a pan over medium heat, cook the frozen raspberries until they are soft and start falling apart, stir often. Reduce the heat to low and add the chocolate in small pieces, stirring until melted. Add the lemon juice. Stir and set aside.
- With a stand mixer using the paddle attached, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time while continuing to mix.
- Add the raspberry and melted chocolate mixture and mix well. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour and baking powder, and mix for 2 minutes. Add the milk and mix until incorporated.
- Divide the batter among the prepared baking cups, I fill 3/4 of the way up or just a bit more than that {since this batter doesn't rise as much as other batters would}
- Bake at 350 for 25-28 minutes until done, yet do not over-bake as cupcakes will dry out.
- ICING
- Blend cream cheese and marshmallow cream together until mixed, using a stand mixer or hand mixer. When smooth and creamy, carefully fold in raspberries.
- If your house or the icing is too warm and the icing starts to melt considerably, chill the icing for a couple of hours before icing the cupcakes. Don't frost warm cupcakes or the icing will melt considerably.
- Garnish with a fresh raspberry and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1 ServingsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 397Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 173mgCarbohydrates: 58gFiber: 3gSugar: 38gProtein: 6g

If chocolate cupcakes is more your thing, may I suggest this heavenly Cookies & Cream Cupcakes. Perhaps a batch of both would be great for your party, totally worth the baking time for such a good cause!
Anna Olson, Celebrity Chef and host of Food Network Canada’s Bake with Anna Olson, is joining the party this year as a Cupcake Crusader. A long-time supporter of animals and the SPCA, Olson has created an original cupcake recipe for this year’s event. You could even try her Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting recipe – delish!
Your cupcakes will help shelters across Canada give a surrendered cat or dog a new forever home, rescue a neglected or abused animal and give them a second chance at a new life and to find a forever home, and provide emergency surgery to injured animals.
Of course you can always opt to just donate to the cause without baking. My Online Bakery is taking donations to support our local SPCA, a place where we have taken animals home with us in the past. These days we still visit often to cuddle the animals, the girls love spending some time with the cats and dogs.
In 2013 animal lovers across Canada raised over $400,000 to support their favourite societies with this initiative, so let’s make 2014 an even bigger one!
Disclosure: This is a compensated post yet all opinions are my own.
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Anna’s Banana Cupcakes with peanut butter cream cheese frosting!!
these sound soo good !
You cupcakes look amazing! So delicious.
I would make a black forest cupcake.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
Raspberry dream cupcakes…ok you had me at cream cheese icing!
The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes, I just think those would be so tasty.
I would make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
Those cupcakes look very good! I would make carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
I would make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes.
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red velvet cupcakes ! yum!
I would make the Maraschino Cherry Cupcakes with WhiteChocolate Glaze…they sound heavenly. 🙂
I think I will make Chai Tea Latte cupcakes (recipe from FrugalMomEh.com ).
I would definitely make those Raspberry Dream Cupcakes! Now, I just need to find some marshmallow cream…
cookies in cream cupcakes!! omg they sound so delicious
Your cookie and cream cupcakes look awesome! I’d make them (and I will later on today!)
Such a sweet giveaway!
I’d make banana cupcakes with a salted caramel icing!
Banana cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting? That has like, fruit and protein so it’s healthy, right? 😉
I’d try the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes!
I am drowling (like a puppy) over the Raspberry Dream Cupcakes here. I would makes those and under pressure would share!
A red velvet cupcake recipe 🙂
I would make Skor, those are my daughter’s favourite!
I gotta try your Raspberry Dream Cupcakes as the look divine Tammi!
The Banana cupcakes with the peanut butter cream cheese frosting sounds so good to me.
My youngest granddaughter lives my Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins so I will probably bake those for her.
I would make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes.
I’d like to try the Raspberry Dream cupcakes
i want to try the Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
I would make chocolate cupcakes with Raspberry Icing
the chocolate peanut butter 🙂
I would make Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie cupcakes. Great contest!
I would have to make carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing – that is my husband’s favorite.
I would like to make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
Those Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting look insanely delicious. I will even pretend that they are healthy because they have bananas in them…. 😉
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
I would probably make the Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
I would make Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting.
Anna Olson’s Banana Cupcakes sound delicious!
Red Velvet
What a cool prize pack this is! I had a wonderful rescue dog in my life. We shared an incredible 11 years together. I miss her everyday and am so grateful that we shared that time together. Humane Societies and SPCA’s provide such a critical service for neglected and abused animals. What a cool way to raise funds for them!
I also need to say that I would make the Banana cupcakes with Peanut Butter cream cheese icing…..YUM!
black forest cupcakes yummy
I would make Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting for National Cupcake Day. I love the vanilla and butter flavor combo!
I would make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes!!
Either lemon or red velvet! Yummy!!
Straight up classic vanilla
i love vanilla cupcakes with raspberry or lemon frosting
I actually made a cake on cupcake day! Chocolate with vanilla buttercream and chocolate chips!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie!
I would make Oreo cupcakes.
I like my fresh strawberry cupcakes but my daughter makes a killer peanut butter and chocolate cupcake..mmm
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie all the way!
I would make the Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter* Frosting
Sounds yummy!
Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes!
I love carrot cake cupcakes and pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! Yum!!!
I love cupcakes! All of them 🙂
It’s getting close to Valentine’s Day so I gotta go with the Red Velvet Cupcakes.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie.
I would make Pina Colada cupcakes.
I would make Anna’s Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting, although I have never met a cupcake I didn’t like 🙂
I like the sounds of the banana cupcakes – maybe instead of the PB icing, I would go for a vanilla buttercream
I would make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes, yum 🙂
These cupcakes are simply amazing; sooooo delish
Cookies & cream
red velvet cupcakes
The raspberry ones sound so yummy .
The cookies and cream sound delicious!
I would try cookies and cream cupcakes, they sound delish!
I would make a black forest cupcake, YUMMY!!!
Raspberries and white chocolate just sound good…I am going to make cupcakes using your recipe! This is a wonderful way to fund a wonderful organization.
The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes – hands down!
I’d make the Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
I would make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
I would make lemon cupcakes!
Red Velvet with a cream cheese icing.. mmmmm
cookies & cream!
I will make a vegan version of the Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
I’d make my favourite, chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter mousse filling topped with a thin layer of chocolate ganache and peanut butter icing
I would try to make red velvet cupcakes, but they would be heavier like a brownie.
cookies and cream cupcakes !
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I would make the Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting, they sound great!
Ooh, the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes sound wonderful, I’d try those first.
I would make a vanilla cupcake filled with butterscotch chips.
Red velvet!
I would probably make the simplest lemon cupcake because I love lemon and have better luck with specialty icings that cupcakes themselves!!
I would make those Raspberry Dream Cupcakes. They look super good!
I’d try to make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes – and as a fallback I’d make my own lemon and vanilla cupcakes.
I love making carrot cupcakes.
Cookies and Cream, my fav!
maybe the cookies and cream 🙂 But my kids really just like chocolate cupcakes 🙂
the raspberry dream cupcakes
I’d love to make the Cookies and Cream cupcakes.
I would bake the cookies and cream cupcakes!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
I’ve been wanting to make Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes lately, maybe this weekend!!
Going to try the Raspberry Dream cupcakes on the weekend! Raspberry is my favourite flavour!
Cookies & Cream Cupcakes sound good to me, I’ve never made those so I’d try making them.
I’d like to try Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes looks delicious
I`d make Cookies and Creme, but of my own recipe batch, I`d make chocolate fudge and peanut butter icing cupcakes. Who can resist that combo?
I’m going to make banana hocolate chip muffins
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie – the perfect combination!
I would make Rolo Cupcakes!
The Cookies & Cream cupcakes look beyond delicious, I for sure would make those! So totally drooling right now!
I think I would try the Cookies and Cream cupcakes!
I would make chocolate cupcakes topped with bacon
Raspberry Dream cupcakes
This is such a worthy cause! And a delicious cupcake too, win..win…
Banana chocolate chip.
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting…. YUM!!
red velvet cupcakes
I’d love to try Tiramisu Cupcakes.
I would make the cookies and cream cupcakes!
For sure I will make the black forest cupcake
i would make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes yummy
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I would choose the Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting!
would make the raspberry dream cupcakes
I would make chocolate peanut butter brownie mmmmmm!
I would love to try cookies and cream cupcakes
Cookies and Cream cupcakes
Carrot cake cupcakes!
I’d make the Cookies and Cream recipe…a cupcake lover’s dream!
i would make red velvet cupcakes
I plan on baking chocolate cupcakes and possibly strawberry mmm..
I think I’ll just stick to that delicious Raspberry cupcake. Although they all sound delicious I love Raspberries.
I would make Black bottom cupcakes with buttercream frosting
the Raspberry dream sounds devine
Cookies & cream cupcakes sound delish!
Dogs can not have chocolate so I think I will avoid chocolate. Banana & Vanilla seem to be favorites around my house. Love cupcakes
I would make the Cherry Coke Cupcakes that I saw on another blog! They just looked so tasty and I know my whole family would love them.
Drooling cupcakes!!!
I love raspberries, so the Raspberry Dream you made would be my favorite,
Smores! I’ve heard they are great!
Peanut butter and jam cupcakes with peanut butter icing
I would make spiced pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese or butter cream frosting since i’m still very much in a fall/winter mood :). Your cupcake recipe sounds absolutely delicious though. Yummm!
Those raspberry dream ones look fantastic! Now I will have to make them!
I would love to try the banana ones. I LOVE banana in baked goods.
Cookies & Cream Cupcakes sound great
my daughter and I like to bake- we’s make our carrot cake muffin with cream cheese icing/topping
What a great cause this is…
I would make the Banana cupcake recipe.
cookies and cream so yummy
The Raspberry dream cupcakes! Yummy!
minnie mouse cupcakes!
I would go with the cookies & cream cupcake……….I’m totally a chocoholic
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
Raspberry Dream Cupcakes – for sure!
These cupcakes look so yummy! I have saved the recipe and will try them out with my daughter next weekend, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
I would make red velvet.
The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes
Raspberry dream cupcakes!
I most want to try the Raspberry Dream Cupcakes recipe
I would make the Raspberry Dream cupcakes.
I would totally make the Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
I would make Red Velvet cupcakes, they are sooo yummy!
cookies and cream
I’d make red velvet with EXTRA cream cheese icing!!!
red velvet cupcakes, yum
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes sound wonderful!
Peanut Butter for sure!
Your cupcakes look really yummy. I have been trying to find a really good Red Velvet. I know my friend uses cayenne in hers but she is guarding the recipe with her life
I would make a black forest cupcake.thanks
I would make the Raspberry Dream cupcakes!
I would love to make red velvet cupcakes.
Carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Yuuuummmy
Chocolate. Its chocolate everything for me
The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes.
Smores cupcakes
mmm I think I’d try a new recipe. Someone mentioned carrot cake cupcakes with creamcheese frosting…yum.
the banana peanut butter ones!
Red Velvet!!
I’d make the Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting.
I would make the Raspberry Dream Cupcakes!
oh my yum!
carrot & cream cheese – that’s healthy, right?!
i’d usually go chocolate but your cupcakes look amazing so I may have to try these yum!
I would make vanilla cupcakes with mango buttercream and chocolate cupcakes with Oreo cookies and cream buttercream! Yum! Craving cupcakes in the worst way now….
Oh red velvet are my fav!!
Probably my vanilla cupcakes – so good!
Those cupcakes look great
I think I would make lemon cupcakes!!
red velvet!!! yummy!
I would make the cookies and cream cupcakes!
Raspberry a Dream cupcakes
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I would love to win A National Cupcake Day Prize Pack.
In response to your question of Which cupcake recipe would you make for National Cupcake Day?
I would make my favorite recipe which is Peanut Butter Cupcakes.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!!!
i would like to try chai latte cupcakes
Chocolate is my sweet tooth thing so I choose heavenly cookies and cream cupcakes!
The Cookies and CReam cupcakes sound good.
Pumpkin cupcakes
I would make Black Bottomed Cupcakes
Butter cupcakes with chocolate icing!
Chocolate peanut butter brownie omg…drooling
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
cherry chip
I am interested in making Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting.
I would make your recipe for the Raspberry Dream cupcakes
I would make the cookies and cream cupcakes.
I’d make s’moores cupcakes
The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes sound yummy!
I plan on making homemade strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing!
Raspberry dream or cherry cupcakes!
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes!
Red Velvet or Oreo.
cookies and cream cupcake
I would actually try making yours. The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes.
I love chocolate, so I’d go with the Cookies & Cream cupcakes,
The cookies and cream for sure!
Probably the carrot cake one..a little less guilty!
Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
Banana cupcake with peanut butter icing.
i’d love to try a salted caramel!
I love cupcakes!! 🙂
Raspberry Dream would be heavenly 🙂 Especially with a fruity icing…
All look so delish! I like Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie
I’d like to make those Raspberry Dream Cupcakes. Lovely!
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The Raspberry Dream Cupcakes, they sound delicious.
Red velvet cupcake!! Mmmm
we would love the red velvet cupcakes
Your raspberry cupcakes. I love raspberries and I think every cupcake should have a cream cheese frosting!
totally make banana raspberry dreams
The cookies & cream cupcakes sound delicious!
Hmmm…Can I make all of them? Raspberry for sure!
Nutella cupcakes!! with creamcheese icing
Carrot Cake sounds yummy!
Red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
I saw a recipe somehwere for red velvet and I guess I should get googling for it!
The Raspberry Dream cupcakes sound delicious so I would definitely make these
Almond Lemon with a white chocolate frosting. Yum!
YUM – black forrest cupcakes please =)
Banana, I think.
Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
Mmmm these both sound delicious! I’m wondering about making some pet safe cupcakes for the party. Do you think people might like them for their pets?
I’d love to make some chocolate cupcakes.
Carrot Cake with cream cheese icing.
Although these cupcakes really are appealing, I am a big fan of lemon so I normally choose a lemon-based cupcake.
chocolate pb
I would make the cookies & cream cupcakes!
Those Raspberry Dream cupcakes….they look amazing!
chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache.
My DD loves to bake and she would choose vanilla with a buttercream frosting, Id choose carrot pineapple with creamchesse frosting
Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing
I would make Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting.
I’d make red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing. There are a few recipes for this I’ve been eyeing for a while.
Raspberry Dream cupcakes! But they all sound so good.
CHocolate chip
I like black forest cupcake.
I would make Cookies and Cream cupcakes.
I would make a crazy cake cupcake recipe which is an old fashioned chocolate cake recipe but would make an excellent cupcake!
I would make red velvet cupcakes…my husband’s favourite!
red velvet
mmm raspberry dream cupcakes.
I want to try the banana cupcakes with the peanut butter frosting
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