Best Pink Lemonade Cupcakes Recipes

PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake batter as directed on box, using cake mix, 3/4 cup lemonade concentrate, 1/2 cup oil, the water, eggs and food color. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat frosting, 6 tablespoons lemonade concentrate and the food color with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Frost cooled cupcakes. Garnish tops with candy sprinkles.

PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper muffin liners.
• Beat white cake mix, 3/4 cup pink lemonade concentrate, water, vegetable oil, egg whites, and 4 drops red food coloring together in a bowl with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and beat until batter is smooth, about 1 minute more. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to wire racks to cool completely.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, butter, 1/4 cup pink lemonade concentrate, and yellow food coloring together in a bowl with an electric mixer until frosting is light and the desired consistency. Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes.

PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, egg whites and lemonade concentrate until smooth.
• Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, making three additions of flour mixture and two of buttermilk, beating just until smooth.
• Add enough food colouring to turn batter light pink.
• Scoop batter into paper lined muffin pans.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until tops of cupcakes spring back when lightly touched.
• Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove cupcakes from pan and let cool completely on rack.
• To make the frosting: In a bowl, using and electric mixer on low speed, beat together sugar, butter and salt until creamy.
• Increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add lemonade concentrate, lemon extract, beat 1 minute.
• Add cream, beat until frosting is smooth and fluffy. If you would like stiffer or sweeter frosting you can add more sugar at this stage 1/4 cup at a time until desired consistency is reached.
• Pipe or spoon frosting onto completely cooled cupcakes.

PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES WITH PINK BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Whisk white sugar, oil, water, eggs, and 3 tablespoons pink lemonade powder together in a bowl; stir in buttermilk until smooth. Whisk flour, baking soda, and baking powder together in a separate bowl; beat into sugar mixture just until batter is combined. Add just enough food coloring to turn batter pink. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, butter, half-and-half, and 2 tablespoons pink lemonade powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until frosting is smooth and creamy. Add enough food coloring to make a pink frosting; spread onto cupcakes.

FROSTED PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 cupcake cups with paper cupcake liners.
• Beat cake mix, 3/4 cup lemonade concentrate, egg whites, water, and vegetable oil together in a bowl with an electric mixer at low speed for about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and continue beating until you have a smooth batter, about 1 minute more. Spoon batter into liners to about 2/3-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, butter, 2 tablespoons lemonade concentrate, salt, and red food coloring in a bowl with a mixer until smooth and even in color; spread over cooled cupcakes.

PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°F.
• Spray pan with vegetable pan spray; sprinkle 1 teaspoon colored sugar into each cupcake-space in the pan.
• Add water to pink lemonade mix to total amount of water called for on cake mix package directions.
• Follow cake mix package directions to prepare cake, adding chopped lemon peel.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack; remove and cool completely before decorating.

PINK LEMONADE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, blending 1/4 cup drink mix into batter before spooning into prepared muffin cups. Cool 10 min. in pans. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Add milk to remaining drink mix in large bowl; stir until mix is dissolved. Add cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar; beat with mixer until blended.
• Spoon frosting into large pastry bag fitted with large star pastry tip. Use to pipe about 2-1/2 Tbsp. frosting onto each cupcake. Decorate with remaining ingredients.