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Slushee Cup Cakes

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Aug 3, 2011
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Go to the head of the class with this new twist on the traditional poke cake. Two cupcakes are “poked” and splashed with fruity slushee syrup, then topped with colorful flavored frosting and glittery sugar. You’ll give them an A!

Slushee Cup Cakes

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 2 hr 0 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

Cup Cakes

Slushee Syrup

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 package (0.13 oz) cherry-flavored unsweetened soft drink mix or 1 package (0.22 oz) berry blue unsweetened soft drink mix

Frosting

  • 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • 1 package (0.13 oz each) cherry-flavored unsweetened soft drink mix or 1 package (0.22 oz) berry blue unsweetened soft drink mix
  • 12 colored plastic drinking cups (9 oz each)
  • 12 straws
  • Red or blue edible glitter, as desired

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    2
    In 1-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup water, sugar and 1 package drink mix. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; set aside to cool.
  • Step 
    3
    In medium bowl, mix both containers frosting and remaining package drink mix. Spoon frosting mixture into heavy-duty freezer bag. Cut corner off freezer bag.
  • Step 
    4
    To assemble each of 12 slushee cups, remove cupcake liners from 2 cupcakes. Put 1 cupcake in bottom of drinking cup, and poke with fork. Spoon 1 tablespoon drink mix syrup over cupcake. Top with about 1 tablespoon frosting mixture. Put second cupcake on top of frosting in drinking cup, and poke with fork. Spoon 1 tablespoon drink mix syrup over cupcake. Pipe frosting over top of cupcake. Insert straw into cup. Sprinkle with edible glitter. Repeat to use remaining cupcakes. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Store any leftover cupcakes in refrigerator.

Nutrition

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