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July 11, 2017 Last Modified: February 26, 2020 By Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com 4 Comments

Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

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Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting
Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

These delightfully fruity Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting are made from scratch and packed with citrus flavor in every bite of the cupcakes!

Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

Our Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream frosting are absolutely loaded with orange flavor and so delicious!

The classic soda flavor of Orange Crush Soda is used to make these super soft and moist cupcakes and their perfect topping, the equally delicious soda-infused buttercream frosting!

Top it all of with a candy orange jelly slice and you have a cupcake that is packed with orange soda flavor, that also tastes a bit like a creamsicle! Completely orangalicious!

While I have tried the whole rainbow pack of crush soda as cupcakes, I have repeatedly been told by all that the best flavored cupcake is the Orange Crush version. I agree wholeheartedly!

Our runner-up in the soda based cupcake category is our Root Beer Cupcakes with Cream Soda Buttercream Frosting (you should try them too!).

Fruity cupcakes are a perfect treat anytime of the year, but they just really hit the spot in summertime.

I love the fun color and flavor! Plus, my daughter Lauren usually can’t wait to offer to help out in the kitchen with such a bright and fun treat. That’s a big plus, I love getting her started cooking and I love spending time with her doing something that we enjoy together so much!

Whether or not you can use your kids as an excuse to make these up, bring home some Orange Crush soda from your next trip to the store and get ready to enjoy some amazing cupcakes!

Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting
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Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes with Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

Orange Crush Soda meets Creamsicle in these delightfully soft and moist citrus cupcakes!
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time18 mins
Total Time38 mins
Course: Cupcakes, Dessert, Dessert Recipes, Frosting
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cupcakes, orange crush buttercream, orange crush cupcakes, orange crush frosting, orange crush soda cupcakes, soda cupcakes
Servings: 18 cupcakes
Calories: 191kcal
Author: Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com

Ingredients
 

  • 1 20 oz bottle Orange Crush Soda (reduce 1 cup down to 1/4 cup orange crush soda syrup, and 1 cup for the cake batter)

Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (or cake flour)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 1/2 tsp orange extract
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil (we prefer coconut oil)
  • 1 cup Orange Crush Soda
  • orange food coloring (liquid or gel)
  • 1 Tbsp orange jello
  • 1 tsp orange zest

Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Tbsp Orange Crush Soda syrup (reduced)
  • 1 tsp orange extract
  • candy jelly orange slices (optional)

Instructions

Orange Crush Soda Cupcakes

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and line your cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners.
  • Combine the dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
  • In a large mixing bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer) combine the sugar, eggs, and orange extract until smooth. Add the vegetable oil and mix until smooth again, then add the Orange Crush Soda. Mix the liquid part of the cake batter until well combined.
  • Add orange food coloring (until you have a nice bright orange color, remembering that the color will dull a bit once baked) and orange jello. Mix until the color is even and your desired brightness.
  • Add the dry ingredient mixture into your wet ingredients in 2-3 portions, mixing between each dry ingredient portion addition until all of the dry ingredients are incorporated into the batter. Add orange zest and mix into the batter.
  • Pour batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling each liner about 3/4 full. Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Orange Crush Soda Buttercream Frosting

  • Beat butter (room temperature but not super softened) at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add orange extract, a drizzle of heavy whipping cream, and a portion of the confectioners sugar and mix to combine.
  • Repeat alternating the liquids (heavy cream or the reduced Orange Crush Soda syrup) with the confectioners sugar until all of the confectioners sugar has been incorporated and you have a pipe-able frosting consistency.
  • *You may not need all of the liquid, use small amounts of the liquid to keep your frosting smooth enough that your stand mixer or hand mixer can work through the frosting. If your frosting is too dry, it will bunch onto your mixer. If it is too wet, it will not hold onto a spoon well or spread and hold it's shape.
  • **If you would like a stronger orange flavor, you can use more of the Orange Crush Syrup than the heavy cream. You can also omit the heavy cream completely.
  • Pipe or spread the frosting onto your cooled cupcakes and top with the jelly orange slice (if desired). We used a Wilton 1M large star piping tip for our frosting swirls.

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 78mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com

Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma’s kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!

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Comments

  1. Michelle says

    May 25, 2019 at 9:45 pm

    Ok, I confused, in the video you say to cream 2 sticks of butter, and that you will be adding 3 cups of powered sugar, but in the written directions, it’s listed as 1/2 cup butter and 1.5 Cups of powered sugar.. does that mean that all of the written ingredients for the frosting should be doubled?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com says

      May 25, 2019 at 9:53 pm

      In the video, I am making a large batch for a party. The ingredients listed will frost the number of cupcakes as listed in the recipe information…I however, like to use ALOT of frosting, if you do too then follow the doubled amounts in the video 🙂 Sorry about the confusion! I’ll add a note in here somewhere on the post, thanks!!

      Reply
  2. Aimee Bichler says

    September 2, 2017 at 11:59 am

    how much sugar in the cupcakes? it is not on the ingredients list..

    Reply
    • Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com says

      September 2, 2017 at 10:42 pm

      I missed a line, sorry! There’s 1 cup of sugar…thanks so much for the heads up!!

      Reply

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