Lemonade Cupcakes

"I made these for my 3 year old's birthday, and they were a hit! Very easy to make, very tasty, and just different enough to wow everyone. Recipe comes from Southern Living magazine."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
24 cupcakes
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ingredients

  • 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
  • 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box white cake mix
  • 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (12 ounce) can whipped cream cheese frosting
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Remove 2 tablespoons lemonade concentrate from can and discard or reserve for other use.
  • Combine remaining concentrate, cake mix, sour cream, cream cheese and eggs in large bowl.
  • Beat with mixer until well blended.
  • Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin tins, filling 3/4 full.
  • Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until cooked through.
  • Cool completely before frosting.

Questions & Replies

  1. I made these tonight and by the time the cupcakes were done they were starting to burn on the bottom. They wouldn't come out of the paper at all! When pulling the paper off it completely tore up the cupcakes. Any suggestions?
     
  2. I cannot find frozen lemonade concentrate in stores near me! Anyone ever try this with pulpy bottled lemonade?
     
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Reviews

  1. I made this with pink lemonade and baked it as a cake in a 9x13 cake pan. I added the two tablespoons of lemonade to the canned frosting, which made it a little runny, but very delicious. My family absolutely loved this cake and I'm lucky to get a second slice! Thanks, Angela, for great summery treat!
     
  2. These cupcakes are really good!! Thanks for the recipe. I used a raspberry buttercream for the frosting and it was excellent! I will make these again.
     
  3. These are too good! Made a batch of these for my daughters 1st birthday and half of them didn't make it to the party because my husband and I couldn't keep our hands off of them! <br/>We used pink lemonade instead of regular... we also made mini cupcakes instead of the normal size... the mini's were done in about 16-18 min and the recipe made 48 mini's and 7 regular's... <br/>I will be making these again! Yummmmmm!<br/>Thanks!
     
  4. I have made these MANY times and everyone always asks for the recipe.<br/>and I WISH people wouldn't review things poorly if they don't use the proper ingredients or directions!!!<br/>These are AWESOME!!
     
  5. The cake part of these are excellent, but next time I make these I will make a different frosting. The cream cheese frosting is not a good mix, it needs something more with a bite to it.
     
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Tweaks

  1. These are too good! Made a batch of these for my daughters 1st birthday and half of them didn't make it to the party because my husband and I couldn't keep our hands off of them! <br/>We used pink lemonade instead of regular... we also made mini cupcakes instead of the normal size... the mini's were done in about 16-18 min and the recipe made 48 mini's and 7 regular's... <br/>I will be making these again! Yummmmmm!<br/>Thanks!
     
  2. these cupcakes are divine! i used non-fat plain yogurt instead of sour cream and they are excellent! I plan on making limeade, orange, and lemonade for my baby shower. I did a simple powdered sugar & water icing and put a small sliver of lemon on top. I plan to do key limes, and mandarin oranges on the others. thanks for a great recipe!
     

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