(2-Ingredient) Strawberry Soda Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Name: (2-Ingredient) Strawberry Soda Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 18 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 (12-oz) can Diet 7-up, room temperature; 1 box strawberry cake mix; 1 cup coconut; 1 (8-oz) pkg. light cream cheese, softened; 4 Tbsp. room temperature unsalted butter; 2 cups powdered sugar; ½ tsp. lemon zest; ½ tsp. vanilla extract; 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice

Ingredients

1 (12-oz) can Diet 7-up, room temperature
1 box strawberry cake mix
1 cup coconut
1 (8-oz) pkg. light cream cheese, softened
4 Tbsp. room temperature unsalted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
½ tsp. lemon zest
½ tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice

	PREP TIME 10m	COOK TIME 18m	TOTAL TIME 28m
YIELD 18 cupcakes

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line muffin tins with 18 mufifn liners and set aside.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, pour the cake mix. Pour the diet soda in slowly to the cake mix.
Stir together with a whisk until all lumps are gone.
Scoop batter into muffin liners, filling about ¾ full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool on a cooling rack.
While cupcakes are cooling, bump up oven temperature to 400ºF.
Spread coconut on a baking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes, or until toasted, stirring every so often so it doesn't burn.
Pull out of oven and set aside.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, lemon zest, vanilla and lemon juice.
Blend together with a mixer until all combined and smooth.
Frost cooled cupcakes and sprinkle with toasted coconut. Now, devour!