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Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

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Semi Homemade Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes: These wonderful semi homemade cupcakes are just what you need for your summer celebrations!  With a light and fluffy lemon cake, the perfect lemon glaze and an amazing homemade strawberry butter frosting.  These Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes will be the hit of the party.  Plus….no one will know it all started with a cake mix!

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Starting with a cake mix makes these cupcakes super easy but does not skimp on taste.  It’s the extra touches that push these Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes beyond most cupcakes. These amazing cupcakes are the best for baby or bridal showers.

Add a Punch of Flavor and Crunch!

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
For the crunch, add coarse sugar sprinkles to the top of the cupcake and then frost OR add to the top of the frosting. For an add punch of flavor add a sprinkle of pink lemonade power.

Tips for a Tender Moist Cake or Cupcakes

  • Good ingredients equals great taste. To send your guests straight to cupcake heaven use only the best ingredients. Like real butter, real vanilla and dark dutch cocoa.
  • Never over bake a cupcake. You can never save an over baked cupcake. You’re doing it right when your cupcakes look slightly sunken, rather than peaked. Test them with a toothpick if you’re unsure–if no batter clings to the pick, they’re done.
  • Mix batter with a light hand. Baking fluffy, moist cupcakes is all about creating air bubbles in your batter that expand in the oven. If you over mix your batter, you collapse those bubbles. To avoid this mix on a low speed, stopping just as all ingredients blend.
  • Let all ingredients come to room temperature before baking. All ingredients incorporate into batter mush more easily if they’re at similar temperatures.
  • Baking in advance? Freeze cupcakes. If you’re baking to eat right away, we recommend storing cupcakes at room temperature. But if they’re for tomorrow, freezing will retain their moisture much better than leaving them on a counter overnight.

Easy to Make Strawberry Butter Frosting

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Top your cupcakes, sheet cakes and layered cakes with this delicious frosting. Cake is always better with homemade frosting.

HOW TO STORE FROSTING

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Frostings that are made with shortening can be stored at room temperature in an air tight container on the counter up to 2 weeks.  Frostings with butter and milk should be stored in the refrigerator with an air tight lid up to 2 weeks or freezer up to 3 months.

TIPS FOR A LIGHT AND FLUFFY FROSTING

  • Good ingredients “real” butter not margarine
  • Room temperature ingredients
  • Be patient…you’ll need to whip the frosting at least 3 to 5 minutes (sometimes I do this step twice).  This will allow air to incorporate into the butter and create the lightness you want.
  • That’s it!  It’s really not as hard as you might think.

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Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Yield: Makes 20-22 Cupcakes
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 16 minutes
Total Time: 56 minutes

These wonderful semi homemade cupcakes are just what you need for your summer celebrations!  With a light and fluffy lemon cake, the perfect lemon glaze and an amazing homemade strawberry butter frosting. 

Ingredients

For the Lemon Cupcakes:

  • 1 white cake mix (I like Pillsbury)
  • 1 (3.4 ounce) instant lemon pudding mix
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup lemon-lime soda

For the Lemon Glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

For the Strawberry Butter Cream Frosting:

  • 1 teaspoon pink or strawberry lemonade powder + 2 tablespoons warm water
  • ½ cup chopped fresh strawberries, room temperature
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons strawberry extract
  • 2 pounds powdered sugar

For the Topping:

  • 1 tablespoon pink or strawberry lemonade powder

Instructions

For the Lemon Cupcakes:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Line cupcake wells with cupcake liners and set aside.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, and eggs; beat on medium speed for 1 minute.
  4. Gradually beat in soda. Using an ice cream scoop, fill wells 2/3 full.
  5. Bake 16 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  6. While cupcakes are baking combine powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth.
  7. Let baked cupcakes rest in pan for 10 minutes, take out of pan and onto a wire cooling rack, with a spoon drizzle lemon glaze over each cupcake until all the glaze is gone.
  8. Frost cupcakes and sprinkle with pink or strawberry lemonade powder.

For the Glaze:

  1. In a small bowl combine the sugar and lemon juice; stir until sugar is dissolved.

For the Strawberry Butter Cream Frosting:

  1. In a small bowl, add the pink or strawberry lemonade powder and warm water.
  2. Stir until dissolved; set aside.
  3. Puree the fresh chopped strawberries in a food processor or blender; set aside.
  4. In a mixer, beat butter until soft and fluffy; add strawberries, strawberry extract, lemonade mixture and combine well ( about 3 minutes).
  5. Mix in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until fluffy (for best results mix on medium high 3 minutes).

Optional Topping:

  1. Add a sprinkle of the pink or strawberry lemonade powder to the top of each frosted cupcake.

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    Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes — 24 Comments

    1. What a wonderful flavor combination! 🙂 Yes, a frosty mug sounds like a great start! What a cute way to serve it with a straw! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.

      Amy
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    3. What a great treat. I just love this recipe and can’t wait to try it out. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you next week!

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    6. These look so cool! Can’t wait to try them. I love strawberries and lemons together. Thanks for linking to Sweet Indulgences Sunday on A Well-Seasoned Life! Kim

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    17. Thanks for linking up at our Cupcake Celebration linky!! I saw you on my
      page, I LOVE these cupcakes what a great idea!! Thanks again for sharing!

      xoxo,
      Lilli

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    22. Made these this week for my family. According to my three teenage boys, these are the greatest cupcakes ever. We all loved them. Thanks Sheryl!

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