TimBone
03-04-2015, 10:21 PM
I had a friend at work share a recipe for Mountain Dew cupcakes with me. So, my son and I made them this evening. They're decent enough, although they really just taste like lemon-lime cupcakes. The Mountain Dew thing is a total gimmick. Recipe and pics below. Super citrus-y.
Mountain Dew Cupcakes:
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
3/4 cup Mountain Dew
1/4 cup of lemon and lime juice (juice from 1 lemon and 1 lime)
zest from 1 lemon and 2 limes (separate into 2 piles, one for buttercream) 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1. Beat butter on medium for 30 seconds.
2. Add sugar and lemon, lime zest. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, Scrape sides of bowl in between additions
4. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add to mixer bowl. Turn on low for 5 seconds. 5. Add the Mountain Dew, lemon/lime extract . Mix to combine.
5. Scoop into cupcake papers about two-thirds full.
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees until a cake tester comes out clean.
Mountain Dew Buttercream
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
4-5 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons Mountain Dew
Juices from half of 1 lemon and half of 1 lime.
Lemon and lime zest (rest of zest from cupcake recipe. Or zest from half of 1 lemon and 1 whole lime)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
neon green food coloring (yellow and blue if you dont have green)
1. Sift powdered sugar into a bowl or onto parchment
2. Beat butter at medium-high speed until creamy
3. Add half of the sugar, turn mixer on low for 5 seconds.
4. Add the Mountain Dew, zest, and lemon extract . Beat until combined.
5. Add food coloring to the desired color.
6. Gradually add remaining sugar until you get to the consistency and sweetness you like.
Frost cupcakes as desired.
Batter before food coloring.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/c39579e12c9c2c1febf9673bc78f149a.jpg
Batter after food coloring. Looks like Nickelodeon slime. The recipe mentioned neon green food coloring, and I've never seen that.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/d49361118b350a263449d8ebf2bccf4c.jpg
Frosting.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/2648cc6e3fcc017c576c11222af8d3bc.jpg
Cupcakes!
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/9b39656b0e9c1977a8af3a653a948137.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/fecc35da3cb41a9c4d510d3ba254213f.jpg
Fair warning, this recipe makes the batter supeR dense, and I don't know enough about baking to remedy that. Either way, just thought I'd share another gimmicky recipe with CP. It wasn't great, but it beats ice cream bread.
Mountain Dew Cupcakes:
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
3/4 cup Mountain Dew
1/4 cup of lemon and lime juice (juice from 1 lemon and 1 lime)
zest from 1 lemon and 2 limes (separate into 2 piles, one for buttercream) 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1. Beat butter on medium for 30 seconds.
2. Add sugar and lemon, lime zest. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, Scrape sides of bowl in between additions
4. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add to mixer bowl. Turn on low for 5 seconds. 5. Add the Mountain Dew, lemon/lime extract . Mix to combine.
5. Scoop into cupcake papers about two-thirds full.
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees until a cake tester comes out clean.
Mountain Dew Buttercream
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
4-5 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons Mountain Dew
Juices from half of 1 lemon and half of 1 lime.
Lemon and lime zest (rest of zest from cupcake recipe. Or zest from half of 1 lemon and 1 whole lime)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
neon green food coloring (yellow and blue if you dont have green)
1. Sift powdered sugar into a bowl or onto parchment
2. Beat butter at medium-high speed until creamy
3. Add half of the sugar, turn mixer on low for 5 seconds.
4. Add the Mountain Dew, zest, and lemon extract . Beat until combined.
5. Add food coloring to the desired color.
6. Gradually add remaining sugar until you get to the consistency and sweetness you like.
Frost cupcakes as desired.
Batter before food coloring.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/c39579e12c9c2c1febf9673bc78f149a.jpg
Batter after food coloring. Looks like Nickelodeon slime. The recipe mentioned neon green food coloring, and I've never seen that.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/d49361118b350a263449d8ebf2bccf4c.jpg
Frosting.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/2648cc6e3fcc017c576c11222af8d3bc.jpg
Cupcakes!
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/9b39656b0e9c1977a8af3a653a948137.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/fecc35da3cb41a9c4d510d3ba254213f.jpg
Fair warning, this recipe makes the batter supeR dense, and I don't know enough about baking to remedy that. Either way, just thought I'd share another gimmicky recipe with CP. It wasn't great, but it beats ice cream bread.