To make the cake:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F. Prepare your cupcake pan by greasing it, or use paper liners.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix and the chocolate chips. Mix well.
• In a medium bowl, combine eggs, water, milk, and jam. Mix until they are all combined.
• Pour into the flour mixture, with a hand mixer, on low speed, mix until the flour is all incorporated, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl. You can also use a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
• Pour the cupcake batter mixture into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 14 to 17 minutes. Your time may vary with a different cake mix. To make sure it is cooked, I insert a toothpick in the middle and if it comes out clean, it is cooked.
  
  Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.

For the Strawberry Buttercream

• Powdered the freeze-Dried strawberries. I put them in a blender, and pulse until I have a powder, though you could also use a mini food processor.
• In a medium-size bowl, mix the powdered sugar and the powdered strawberries. Mix until the powdered strawberries are well mixed in with the sugar. Set aside
• In a large bowl, with a hand mixer, cream butter until nice and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes
• Add the milk and keep mixing until the milk and the butter are combined (20 seconds)
• Add about a third of the sugar mixture and carefully mix to combine sugar with butter mixture.
• Repeat step 5 until you have used all the sugar.
• Stop mixing once the ingredients are all well combined.

To frost cupcakes

You can frost the cupcakes in different ways:

• Put frosting in a piping bag with a tip of your choice and pipe the frosting on top of the cupcakes.
• If you don’t have a piping bag, you can use a Ziplock bag. Put the frosting in the bag and cut the corner. If the frosting comes out as a thin string, you'll need to make the cut a little larger. I usually cut around ½ inch or less.
• Use an offset spatula or a butter knife and spread the frosting on top of the cupcakes.
• Decorate to your wish. You can leave them as is, add some fresh strawberries on top, more freeze-dried strawberries, or even some fun sprinkles