Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
What a fun cupcake recipe! I used this recipe with pink lemonade frosting to make lovely pink jumbo cupcakes to represent The Good Witch of The North Glenda from the Wizard of Oz. Topped with a super simple sparkling fondant star these make perfect cupcakes for any little girl’s event.
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
Makes 24 Cupcakes or 12 jumbo cupcakes
What you need:
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup shortening
5 egg whites
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup thawed pink lemonade concentrate
What to do:
- Preheat oven 350 degrees
- Line cupcake pans with paper cups
- Start by mixing flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl by hand, set aside
- Beat shortening with electric mixer for about 30 seconds
- Add sugar a little at a time, beating until combined
- Add egg whites, one at a time, mixing well in between each
- Add vanilla, mixing until combined
- Add half the flour mixture to shortening and sugar mixture, beating on a low speed, then add half of the milk and lemonade while continuing to beat. repeat until all is combined
- add pink food coloring if desired
- Spoon or use a icecream scoop to fill baking cups about 2/3 full
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean
- Let cupcakes stand in pan for 5 minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely on wire racks
Pink Lemonade Buttercream
What you need:
6 cups powdered sugar
2/3 cups unsalted butter, softened
6-8 tablespoons thawed pink lemonade concentrate
What to do:
- Beat butter with electric mixer unil fluffy
- slowly add powdered sugar with the mixer on slow
- then add thawed pink lemonade a tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached
- add pink food coloring if desired
Recipe adapted from Betty Crocker The Big Book Of Cupcakes 2011
