Easter Lemonade Cupcakes
From YumSugar
These cupcakes are really sweet, I would maybe cut out 1/4-1/2 cups of sugar, depending on how sweet the lemonade concentrate is. Also, the cake is quite crumbly, like a muffin - I would consider adding another egg to the mixture.
3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp lemonade concentrate
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
lemonade frosting (see recipe below)
1 1/2 - 2 cups sweetened coconut flake
green food coloring
48 chocolate candy eggs
This recipe makes 24 cupcakes.
- Preheat oven to 325F
- Sift flour, salt, baking soda and powder together - set aside.
- In mixer cream butter until smooth, add sugar, cream together.
- Once creamed add in lemonade concentrate.
- Slowly mix in one egg at a time.
- Add in flour mixture 1/3 at a time.
- When flour is thoroughly mixed, mix in milk. Batter will be slightly lumpy, but should be smooth (think pancake batter).
- Divide batter evenly into lined muffin tins and bake for about 20 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack until completely cooled.
- While cupcakes are cooling mix coconut with a few drops of food coloring until desired color is achieved.
- Once cupcakes are cooled, frost with lemonade frosting, and coat with coconut. Place candy onto the cupcakes and top with bunny toothpicks (I got mine at safeway).
Lemonade Frosting
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 tbsp lemonade concentrate
In mixer cream butter, slowly add in sugar and mix until blended. Mix in lemonade concentrate. Add more powdered sugar as needed.
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Ooooooh I love this idea!
1Those look sooooooo good!
2I love the green coconut for grass idea!
3You had me at lemonade and cupcakes
4These are soooo cute and look sooo yummers
5Those look so cute. I love the little bunny toothpicks. Where did you get them at? I bet they taste wonderful--I'm going to have to try these because I've been craving lemon-flavored things. Mmmmmm.
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6Very cute! I'm making the boys a coconut bunny cake this weekend, but if there's any leftover coconut, I might try these too.
7Yum!!!! These are awesome!! Who are you serving them to?
8Thanks guys! It was really fun to make them. The folks in the office got to scarf them down. And the toothpicks I actually got at safeway! I was looking for mini chocolate bunnies, but couldn't find any, and these toothpicks were so adorable, I couldn't resist.
9I am loving these. i think i am going to try to make these tonite
10the pictures look so professional! Way to go Yum!
11Love the pics!They look so cute!
12i hate coconut, but i LOVE the coconut grass idea
now if that was
freshly shaved coconut, that's a whole nother yummy territory. these cupcakes are cute and delicious!
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