Cherry Limeade Cupcakes

By Angela Sellari Jump to Recipe

Summertime is filled with family fun, cookouts, and refreshing treats. It’s my favorite time of the year.

With the unofficial kick-off to summer, Memorial Day, coming up you might be looking for a special sweet treat to make for your friends and family. These Cherry Limeade Cupcakes are the perfect summertime dessert – a real show stopper! You’re going to love how easy this Cherry Limeade Cupcake recipe is to prepare.

Cherry limeade is such a refreshing drink during the summer months. Flavored with fresh limes and maraschino cherry juice, these cupcakes are full of summer flavor. The cupcake recipe is a fan favorite.

Summertime. How sweet it is.

Most Cherry Limeade Cupcakes I have seen have a lime cupcake and cherry frosting, so I decided to do something a little different. I made cherry cupcakes flavored with maraschino cherry juice and Cherry 7UP, and topped them with a tangy lime frosting that is out of this world delicious.

These cupcakes have yet another special twist. Instead of poking a paper straw into them, like you often see, the sweet cherry goodness continues with Twizzlers Twists. I love that cherry flavor and think this edible option is way more fun than a paper straw.

Cherry Limeade Cupcakes

Angela Sellari

Whip up this Cherry Limeade Cupcakes recipe! Sweet cherry cupcakes with a zesty lime buttercream frosting make a fun, tangy summer treat.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 24 minutes mins

Total Time 39 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 18 cupcakes

Calories 379 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Cucpakes

• 15.25 ounce box white cake mix with NO pudding
• 3.4 ounce box of instant vanilla pudding
• 3 eggs at room temperature
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice cherries reserved
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 12 ounces Cherry 7UP 1 can equivalent
• red food coloring optional

Frosting

• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 5-6 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tsp grated lime zest
• green food coloring optional
• Twizzlers Twists cut in half

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Place cupcake liners in muffin pans.
• In a medium bowl with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer, combine and mix all ingredients on medium speed for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. If desired, stir in a few drops of red food coloring until batter is pink.
• Pour mixture into prepared muffin pan. Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcakes comes out clean. Let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. Place butter in a large bowl and beat with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add 5 cups of powdered sugar, salt, lime juice, and lime zest. Mix until a thick and creamy consistency is achieved. Add more powdered sugar until the frosting is of a good spreading (or piping) consistency. Mix in a tiny amount of green food coloring if you’d like the frosting to have a green tint.
• Pipe or spread frosting atop cooled cupcakes. Top each cupcake with one of the reserved cherries. Poke one half of a Twizzlers Cherry Twist into the top of each cupcake, to resemble a straw.

Notes

If you’re like me and pile on the frosting, you may need to double the frosting recipe. If you have any frosting leftover, it’s a bonus!

Nutrition

Calories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 2gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gSodium: 231mgFiber: 1g

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