Lemonade Cupcake Recipes

If there is one thing I LOVE to do, it’s bake. And cupcakes are a favorite, especially when they turn out this cute! We used these lemonade cupcakes for our Lemon Themed Bridal Shower and they were perfect! You can use them for any occasion-especially something Spring or Summery. They look so pretty and taste great.

We have three flavors-Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes:

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes: (these are my favorites-how cute are they?!)

And a basic lemonade:

Which one do you want to make first? They’re all pretty great! Want the recipes?

 

Lemonade Cupcake Recipe:

Here are the 3 cupcake recipes and the butter cream is below them. We’ve also included some printable recipe cards just for fun! So you’ve got the list of ingredients for each and then the instructions down lower.

 

Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes:

Ingredients:

• 1 white cake mix
• 1 large package of vanilla instant pudding
• 1 C vegetable oil
• 1/2 C raspberry juice from crushed raspberries
• 1 C sour cream
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp rasberry flavoring (in the candy dept at the craft store)
• Raspberries to top
• Lemon extract for frosting

Here’s a printable recipe card for you!

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes:

Ingredients:

• 1 lemon cake mix
• 1 large package of vanilla instant pudding
• 1 C vegetable oil
• 1/2 C water
• 1 C sour cream
• 4 eggs
• Strawberries to top
• Strawberry flavoring for frosting

Lemonade Cupcakes:

Ingredients:

• 1 lemon cake mix
• 1 large package of vanilla instant pudding
• 1 C vegetable oil
• 1/2 C water
• 1 C sour cream
• 4 eggs
• Lemon extract for frosting
• Lemons to top

Instructions:

The basic instructions are the same for each of these three cupcakes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, water (or in raspberry ones, raspberry juice), sour cream, and eggs and beat till smooth.

Fill 24 cupcake liners with batter.

Bake for 18-20 minutes (for me it’s exactly 18 but ovens can vary). The raspberry ones might need a minute or two longer than the others.

 

Buttercream Frosting Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3 sticks softened butter
• 4-6 C powdered sugar
• 1/4 C milk
• Food coloring (pink for the strawberry ones, yellow for the lemon and raspberry ones)

Instructions:

Beat butter, powdered sugar and milk. If it seems too thick, add a tiny bit more milk. Too runny? Add a little more powdered sugar.

For the raspberry and lemon flavors, add about 1-2 tsp of lemon extract to the frosting to flavor. For the strawberry add 2-3 tsp strawberry extract to taste.

Then add your food coloring.

If you want to swirl the colors on the lemonade ones, here’s how. (There’s a video to show you.)

To pipe it on, I simply put the frosting in a gallon size ziplock bag, snip off one corner and swirl it on. Then top with the fruit and the straw if you want.

And serve!

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