Orange Crush Cupcakes

Cupcake with orange icing with short stripy straw in it, and a can of orange crush soda behind it and other cupcakes on the table too.

5 from 19 votes

Orange Crush Cupcakes are soft, fluffy and moist cupcakes made with only two ingredients - a vanilla cake mix and a can of sweet and delicious orange Crush soda!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cupcake, orange Crush cupcakes, orange crush frosting, orange crush soda, orange frosting, orange soda

Servings: servings

Calories: 217kcal

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes:

1 box white cake mix
12 ounces orange Crush soda

For the frosting:

1 cup butter softened
3 cups confectioner’s sugar
2 Tbs powdered orange jello
3 Tbsp orange Crush soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the Cupcakes:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Place cupcake liners in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups in a cupcake pan.
In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix and orange Crush soda until smooth, about 2-3 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
Pour batter into muffin cups about ¾ full.
Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from the pan and let continue cooling on a cooling rack.

For the frosting:

In a medium bowl combine butter and confectioners sugar, one cup of sugar at a time. Add in orange jello, orange Crush soda, and vanilla and mix until smooth.
Frost cupcakes and decorate as desired.

Notes

Use the branded Crush orange soda for best results.
Evenly distribute the cake batter in the cases, and turn the baking tray around halfway through baking time for even cooking.
Allow enough time for the cupcakes to cool before adding the frosting, otherwise the frosting will melt and not set correctly.

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