Yield: 24 cupcakes

Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes
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You’ll love the simplicity of these raspberry lemonade cupcakes. A box cake mix and fresh homemade raspberry buttercream frosting make this recipe easy to make and delicious to eat. A fresh raspberry tops the cupcake for extra fresh goodness!

Ingredients

FOR THE CUPCAKES:

  • 1 box (18.25 ounce) white cake mix
  • 1 box (3 ounce) lemon jello gelatin powder
  • 3 large egg whites
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 ¼ cup water

FOR THE FROSTING:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 7 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate, thawed
  • 2 drops red food coloring

Instructions

  1. For the cake, add cake mix, jello, egg whites, oil and water in a mixing bowl. Beat 2 minutes until blended. Fill cupcake liners half full and baking in a 350 degree oven for about 18 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
  2. For the frosting, beat butter, powdered sugar, raspberry lemonade and food coloring on high for 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Fill a decorator bag (I used tip 2D) and pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle with sparkly coarse sugar if desired and top with fresh raspberry.

Notes

  • If you want a more intense raspberry flavor, add dried raspberries to the frosting like I do in my Strawberry Almond Cake recipe. To do this, just pop some freeze dried raspberries in a food processor or freezer sealed bag to make crumbs and then add it into the frosting mixture.
  • Try swapping out raspberry lemonade concentrate for several tablespoons of raspberry jam and fresh lemon zest or lemon juice.
  • The white cake mix and lemon-flavored jello combined creates a delicious lemon flavor. You could also swap out the white cake mix for lemon flavor cake mix and omit the gelatin altogether.
  • Sometimes you can find special edition cake mixes like pink lemonade cupcake mix. That would also work well in this recipe and be a fun twist on my pink lemonade cupcake recipe! (No box cake mixes in this one!)

    • Nutrition Information:

    Yield:

    24

    Serving Size:

    1
    Amount Per Serving: Calories: 313Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 169mgCarbohydrates: 52gFiber: 0gSugar: 43gProtein: 2g

    *Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.

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