Lauren's Luscious Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

All the credit for this recipe goes to Lauren. She did all the experimentation and figured everything out. All I did was adapt it for high altitude. These are some YUMMY cupcakes. They are sweet and tart and delicious and SUPER EASY.

Here's her original recipe and the EggFreeAtAltitude© adaptation all in one spot:

Mix 1½ cups carbonated lemonade (a 12 oz. can) with on boxed white cake mix. The lemonade MUST be carbonated for this to work. (High altitude adjustment: add ¼ cup flour)

Add one small pouch of Kool-Ade Unsweetened Pink Lemonade drink powder.

Add 1 tsp vanilla.

Beat with hand mixer on low speed for about 2 minutes.

Fill 18 cupcakes and bake according to box. Both Lauren and I had to bake these a little longer than suggested to get them lightly brown around the edges.

Let the cupcakes cool completely.

Mix half of a pouch of Kool-Ade Unsweetened Pink Lemonade drink powder into a can of vanilla frosting. 

Frost. Eat. Yum.

Throw away the remaining half pouch of drink mix, because only crazy hoarders keep little bits of cheap drink mix. ( Do you think Lauren was trying to tell me something???)

Not Totally Forgotten

No, I haven't totally forgotten to keep up with this blog. It's just been a very busy month. The casita is now done and we have moved all of our casita stuff out there. The process of moving uncovered boxes of stuff for the kitchen that I had forgotten about. I found the ice cream machine and the electric juicer. The electric can opener got broken sometime between the time it was packed last June and now. Since I paid about $12 for it years and years ago, I wasn't too broken up about tossing it.

I have been working on perfecting my favorite cornbread recipe lately. It is close, but not quite perfect yet. One more batch ought to do it. When I get it just right, you'll be the first to know. Until then, vaya con queso.