So here's my week two flavor: Strawberry Lemonade! This was an interesting one... I kind of just made up what I did. I've got a few more pictures of what everything looked like as I was making them also.
Lemonade Cupcakes:
Makes 24 cupcakes (for me, it was more like 30)
Ingredients
4 sticks butter, softened
1 1/2 c. flavored lemonade mix (like Countrytime, but I used the Wal-Mart version)
4 eggs
3 t. vanilla extract
3 t. lemon juice
3 c. all purpose flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 c. milk
1. Preheat oven to 350F and line your cupcake tin with liners.
2. Cream butter and lemonade mix until smooth.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
4. Stir in vanilla and lemon juice.
5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Add dry ingredients 1/3 at a time, alternating with the milk.
7. Pour into liners and bake for 18-24 minutes (22 minutes for mine).
Strawberry Frosting:
Perfect amount for the Lemonade Cupcake recipe
Ingredients
1 c. frozen strawberries, thawed
pinch of salt
6 c. powdered sugar
1 t. vanilla extract
1. Puree strawberries in a blender or food processor. (I do not have either of those... I think I lost my blender in the move to IL. So I used my hand mixer. I smooshed them the mixer a lot. Once they were pretty mushy, I turned the mixer on. It worked really well.)
2. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and salt until fluffy.
3. Slowly add the powdered sugar (I did 2 cups at a time).
4. Add vanilla and 1/2 c. of pureed strawberries (save the rest for something else if you like). Mix until well blended.
(I actually mixed in the strawberries and vanilla before I did the powdered sugar. It turned out just fine. The consistency is a little thicker... it looks like strawberry ice cream in the bowl)
Decorate as you see fit. I think they would look great with a bent straw and the little umbrella sticking out. I don't have anywhere to set them out on display, so I only did the umbrella on the one for pictures.
Kristin's Review: The strawberry frosting is fantastic! The lemonade cupcakes are pretty tart. If I make these again, I will do half sugar, half lemonade mix and probably 1 t. lemon juice. I'm wondering if that's whey the consistency is like it is (very soft and moist). Overall though, they are quite good. I'd give them 3 sprinkles out of five :)
If you try them at home, let me know how you like them :)
Until next week!
Super cute Kristin!!! Can't wait to try some if these flavors out myself :)
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