mike's hard pink lemonade® cupcakes

5 from 2 votes

mike's hard pink lemonade® cupcakes

Treat yourself and support breast cancer awareness with mike's hard pink lemonade® and these delicious, fun cupcakes made with mike's hard pink lemonade! Drink pink!

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cupcakes

Author: Jamie Sherman

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

1 box white cake mix 15.25-18.25oz.
1 cup mike's hard pink lemonade®
½ cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
½ teaspoon lemon zest
Pink food coloring if desired

For the frosting

1 cup butter, softened 1 stick
3 ¾ cups powdered sugar
1 packet Duncan Hines® frosting creations pink lemonade flavor mix .10 oz.
3 - 4 tablespoons mike's hard pink lemonade®

Optional

Candy Lemon Slices

Instructions

For the cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 24 muffins cups with paper baking cup liners and set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, mike's hard pink lemonade®, vegetable oil, eggs, lemon zest and food coloring with an electric mixer on low speed for 2 minutes. Stop the mixer and scrapes down the sides of the bowl. Mix on medium speed for an additional 2 minutes of until well combined. Evenly divide the batter between the muffin cups.
Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center tests clean. Allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

For the frosting:

Place the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat on low speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stop the mixer and add the powdered sugar, Duncan Hines® frosting creations pink lemonade flavor mix and 3 tbsp. mike's hard pink lemonade®. Mix on low speed until the sugar is incorporated and then increase the mixer speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes. If the frosting seems thick, add additional mike's hard pink lemonade® to reach the desired consistency.

To assemble:

Frost cupcakes. Top with candy lemon slice, if desired.

Notes

If you like a good amount of frosting, double the frosting portion of this recipe!

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