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Pink Lemonade Cupcake

Stevie G
Fresh, delicious pink lemonade cupcakes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course cupcakes, Snack, Snacks, Teatime Snacks
Cuisine South African
Servings 20 cupcakes
Calories 265 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the cupcakes

  • 1 box white cake mix plus the ingredients on the box
  • 20 strawberries trimmed

For the frosting

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 3 ½ cup icing sugar divided
  • ¼ cup lemonade or freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 4 drops red food coloring
  • lemon slices for garnish
  • strawberry slices for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180ºC (350ºF) and line 2 muffin pans with 20 cupcake liners.
  • In a large mixing bowl, prepare the cake batter according to the package directions.
  • Pour the batter into prepared cupcake liners.
  • Place a strawberry into each cupcake liner.
  • Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
  • Let them cool down completely.
  • Make lemonade frosting, in a large mixing bowl use your hand mixer and beat together the butter and half of the icing sugar until you have a smooth texture.
  • Beat in the lemonade and the rest of the icing sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Stir in enough red food coloring to make it pink. (4 drops worked well for us)
  • Using a star tip pipe the cooled cupcakes with lemonade frosting.
  • Garnish with a lemon slice, a strawberry slice and decorate straw.

Nutrition

Calories: 265kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 1gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 261mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 1gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 284IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg
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