Sunkist Orange Soda Cupcakes

Bright, orange, and cheery!

These cupcakes were made with 1 box of Duncan Hines Orange Supreme cake mix mixed with 12 ounces of Diet Sunkist Soda. Regular may also be used, but I like cutting calories whenever I can! Mix well in mixer and bake at 350 for about 18 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.

While cooling I used a small star cutter and orange fondant to cut out little stars to embellish the top of each cupcake.

These Cupcakes are frosted with Duncan Hines Frosting Creations in Orange Creme flavor. When Duncan Hines Frosting Creations came out, that was one of the flavors I had to get to try! It taste just like orange push pops! In order to make it pipeable I did have to add additional confectioners sugar to thicken it up, just added until it was stiff enough, about a cup since it is pretty warm and humid here right now...not complaining...I love this weather!

 

~Christina

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Mrs. Fox's Sweet Party #24

Hi and Welcome to Mrs. Fox's Sweet Party!

I am so glad that you have come back for another week to party and if you are new here...WELCOME!

Here are the Features from Week #23:

(no particular order)

1. Homemade Vanilla Extract by Happy Hour Projects

2. Teeth Cake Pops by Pint Sized Baker

3. Jello Swirl Cupcakes with Jello Buttercream Icing by Chocolate, Chocolate and More

4. Water Lily Cupcakes by The Sweet Swiper

 

Congratulations to all of you!

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Link up your sweets, whatever dessert YOU have made this week!

Nothing new? Link that up too! Dig thought your archives and find a sweet treat that you want to share! I just ask that you keep it all family friendly! I reserve the right to delete any post that I find inappropriate or not with the sweet theme. There is a button available for you to share Mrs. Fox's Sweet Party in the right column and on the Grab a Button Page! Don't forget to visit some of the other links! We all love visitors!

Each week I share a few sweets from the party the week before! By joining this party, you give Mrs. Fox's Sweet's permission to use your sweet photo in a featured post. Featured sweets may also be shared at Mrs. Fox's Sweets on Facebook and/or Pinned!

 



Graduation Lollipops

The countdown to graduation continues!

The recipe used in making these lollipops is from Sprinkle Bakes, once again I halved the recipe. This is my second time successfully making these and they are easy and I just love them!  Before starting the cooking process, using cooking spray, I sprayed my 2 lollipop molds (makes 6 lollipops each) and sprayed a loaf pan to accommodate the extra candy to be broken up for snacking as well. I also put the sticks in the molds at this time.

In a medium saucepan, stir together- 1 cup of sugar, 1/3 cup corn syrup, and 1/3 cup water. Cook on high heat, without stirring, until 302 degrees on a candy thermometer. As soon as the temperature is reached, remove from heat and add candy flavoring and candy coloring. Using a metal spoon,  spoon the molten hot candy into each of the lollipop cavities and pour the rest into the loaf pan.

After about 30 minutes, I unmolded everything and piped the dates on with candy melts that I had melted and put into a piping bag with a coupler and Wilton tip 3.

These would also be for a New Year's treat with the year piped on! There are endless posibilities from names, to dates, to swirls in how the lollipops are decorated.

CONGRATULATIONS

CLASS

of

2012!

 

~Christina

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