pink lemonade cupcakes with pink buttercream frosting

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• cupcakes:
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons pink lemonade powder
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 dash red food coloring, or as desired
• buttercream frosting:
• 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons pink lemonade powder
• 1 dash red food coloring, or as desired

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• whisk white sugar, oil, water, eggs, and 3 tablespoons pink lemonade powder together in a bowl; stir in buttermilk until smooth. whisk flour, baking soda, and baking powder together in a separate bowl; beat into sugar mixture just until batter is combined. add just enough food coloring to turn batter pink. spoon batter into muffin cups.
• bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched, 20 to 25 minutes.
• beat confectioners' sugar, butter, half-and-half, and 2 tablespoons pink lemonade powder together in a bowl using an electric mixer until frosting is smooth and creamy. add enough food coloring to make a pink frosting; spread cupcakes.