Pink Lemonade Cupcakes with Pink Buttercream Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup white sugar
¼ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup cold water
2 eggs
3 tablespoons pink lemonade powder
⅓ cup buttermilk
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 dash red food coloring, or as desired
4 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
¼ cup half-and-half
2 tablespoons pink lemonade powder
1 dash red food coloring, or as desired

Nutrition Info

403.9 calories
carbohydrate: 69.4 g
cholesterol: 53.5 mg
fat: 13.8 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 2.6 g
saturatedFat: 6.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 96.8 mg
sugar: 57.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

  2. 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.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched, 20 to 25 minutes.

  4. 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.

Recipe Yield

1 dozen cupcakes

Recipe Note

These cupcakes are the perfect addition to a girls summer birthday party, an afternoon bridal tea, or any special occasion. These perfectly tart pink cupcakes will remind you of the nostalgic tart candies you had growing up. The butter cream frosting is to-die-for.

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