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Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes
If a perfect summer day was captured in a cupcake, it might just taste like these treats.
They make a delightful dessert to serve after a cookout on a beautiful summer evening
— but you might find they’re so good you’ll serve them year-round.
Tips
This batter may appear a little thin at first, but it thickens to a nice consistency as you
finish adding all of the ingredients. If desired, garnish with fresh raspberries and lime
zest curls.
Makes 28 to 30 cupcakes
Paper liners (optional)
11⁄2 cups
all-purpose flour
375 mL
1 tsp
baking soda
5 mL
1⁄2 tsp
baking powder
2 mL
1⁄4 tsp
salt
1 mL
3⁄4 cup
granulated sugar
175 mL
1⁄3 cup
vegetable oil
75 mL
3
large egg whites, at room
3
temperature
1⁄2 cup
thawed frozen raspberry lemonade 125 mL
concentrate
1⁄3 cup
buttermilk
75 mL
2 to 3
drops red food coloring
2 to 3
Raspberry Lemonade Frosting
1.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Set aside.
2.
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat sugar
and oil for 2 minutes or until fluffy. Add egg whites, one at a time, beating
well after each addition. Beat in raspberry lemonade concentrate. Add flour
mixture alternately with buttermilk, making three additions of flour and two of
buttermilk and beating on low speed until smooth. Beat in food coloring.
3.
If desired, place paper liners in wells. Fill each well with about 11⁄2 tbsp (22
mL) batter. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center of a
cupcake comes out clean. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool. Repeat
with the remaining batter.
4.
Frost with Raspberry Lemonade Frosting (recipe on page 21).
Excerpted from THE BIG BOOK OF BABYCAKES™ CUPCAKE MAKER RECIPES by
Kathy Moore and Roxanne Wyss © 2012 Robert Rose Inc. www.robertrose.ca All rights
reserved: May not be reprinted without publisher permission.