Jul 29, 2008

Lemonade Cupcakes


I made these the other night for our Sunday dinner dessert. Can i just tell you they disappeared in 2 minutes! One of my guests (Marc) ate 4 just by himself! They are very moist and have a little zing to them. They are defiantly one of my new favorite desserts!

Cupcakes
1 6 oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 box WHITE cake mix (make cake mix according to diretions on the box)
1 (8 oz.) carton sour cream
3 oz. cream cheese, softened

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Remove 2 Tbsp. of lemonade concentrate from the can and discard
Combine remaining concentrate, cake mix, sour cream, cream cheese and eggs in large bowl
Beat with a mixer until well blended
Spoon batter into paper lined muffin tins, filling 3/4 full
Bake at 350 for 20 min. or until cooked through

Frosting
1 oz. butter softened
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 Tbsp of lemon rind (1 whole lemon)
milk

Sift the sugar into a medium size bowl. Add other ingredients and beat well until smooth and creamy. Add milk, gradually to make frosting creamy. DO NOT get to wet. It will not set up ( I messed up my first batch by doing this:)

*Cute idea: Instead of wasting my lemon, after I used the rind, I cut into thin slices, slit them in the center with a paring knife, twisted them, and put them on random cupcakes I had placed on a cup cake stand. They looked like they were straight from the bakery!

4 comments:

Jessica Call said...

This looks really yummy. How many eggs do you put in the cupcakes and when it says 1tsp of 1 whole lemon what does that mean? I really want to make these so let me know!!

Andrea said...

Sorry Jess I should have more specific. Just make the cake mix according to the directions on the box. And the 1 tsp. of lemon, is LEMON ZEST. It says 1 tsp. but I used the whole lemmon and it was SO good. Let me know how they turn out!

Jessica Call said...

Thanks, I'm so excited!!

danielandjamaica said...

I found that if I make the frosting the day before it takes on more flavor from the lemons. Plus the cold frosting is SO refreshing. Also, I didn't put cream cheese in the cupcakes, just sour cream. THESE ARE SO GOOD!