Cherry Limeade Cupcakes
The perfect summertime cupcakes! 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.
Ingredients
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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