Lemon Cupcakes with Lemonade and Cream Cheese Frosting
These Lemon Cupcakes are given their lemon-y flavor from a packet of lemonade mix and are frosted with a divine cream cheese icing!
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter or margarine melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 11/2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 Crystal Light drink mix packet not single serve... says it makes 2 quarts
Instructions
- With mixer on medium speed, combine melted butter and sugar. Add in eggs and mix until smooth. Add milk and vanilla and mix.
- In separate bowl, combine dry ingredients including the Crystal Light lemonade mix (do not add water to the mix). Slowly add to wet ingredients with mixer at low speed.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place cupcake liners in cupcake pan. Fill to ⅔rds full.
- Bake cupcakes for 18 minutes. Makes about 24 cupcakes.
- Cool completely and top with cream cheese or buttercream frosting.
Nutrition
Calories: 147kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 4gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 219mgPotassium: 95mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 289IUCalcium: 69mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition details are an estimate, per serving.
