Bright and colorful summer themed cupcakes with a tangy twist! These lemonade cupcakes with DIY popsicle lollipop toppers are what summers are made of!
My girls are at the age where they can follow a simple recipe and project instructions and love the independence of being able to make their own goodies and crafts! These cute lollipops are the best of both worlds. Crafty and delicious!
We were immediately drawn to the colorful Lollipop Candy Making DIY-Lish Kit and all agreed that it would be so fun for summer!
They each made a batch of popsicles and we put them on top of cupcakes, but they are darling to make and eat on their own as well.
Wouldn't these make fun party favors for a summer get-together, wrapped in a cellophane bag with ribbon?
If you are going to make a summer-themed cupcake you definitely need to frost it with LEMONADE FROSTING. This frosting is so delicious and is actually made with lemonade. Keep reading for the yummy recipe!
Lemonade Cupcakes With DIY Toppers
The lemonade frosting is super tangy, just the way we like it, so there's no reason to use a lemon cake mix as well.
We baked up a batch of white cake mix cupcakes and let them cool.
Then we piped on our lemonade frosting! This frosting recipe will frost 16 cupcakes if you pile it on like we did. If you are a bit more conservative you can get a full batch. Our cake mix made 22 cupcakes.
Lemonade Cupcakes Printable Recipe
Lemonade Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix with required eggs, oil, and water
- 1 cup butter softened
- 4 ½ cup powdered sugar sifted
- ½ cup powdered pre-sweetened lemonade mix
- ¼ cup whole milk or heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Make the cupcakes according to the package instructions. Let cool.
- In a mixing bowl beat butter until fluffy.
- Add sugar and lemonade mix. Beat.
- Add milk and vanilla. Mix for a couple of minutes until nice and fluffy using an electric mixer.
- Use a rubber spatula to mix by hand for 1 minute. This will create a glossier frosting.
- Pipe or spread frosting onto cupcakes.
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So cute, so yummy, and so EASY.
Brandy says
Hi everyone, Brandy here, and the lemon frosting on these cupcakes is out of this world. So flavorful and tangy. With or without the cute topping, the frosting makes these cupcakes great!