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Tie-Dyed Cupcakes Recipe

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Take a trip back to the sixties with these sweetly psychedelic cupcakes. Each is a simple white cake, but tinting the batter all the colors of the rainbow makes them funky and fun!— Gwyndolyn Wilkerson, Kyle, Texas

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Tie-Dyed Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 18 Servings

30 25 55

Ingredients

1 package white cake mix (regular size)
1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) lemon-lime soda
Neon food coloring
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
Colored sprinkles

Directions

In a large bowl, combine cake mix and soda. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 1 minute. Divide batter among five bowls. Add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl; stir just until combined.
Drop a spoonful of one color of batter into each of 18 paper-lined muffin cups. Layer with remaining colored batter until muffin cups are two-thirds full.
Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Frost tops and decorate with sprinkles. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Editor's Note: In this recipe, lemon-lime soda is used in place of the water, egg whites and oil typically used when preparing white cake mix. One-and-a-half cups (12 ounces) diet lemon-lime soda can be used instead of regular soda for a lower-sugar option.

Nutritional Facts 1 cupcake equals 235 calories, 9 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 258 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Tie-Dyed Cupcakes in Country Woman April/May 2012

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Reviewed on Aug. 20, 2012 by MySonsx3

Made these for the kids and they devoured them. Was almost as fun to make as they were great tasting. Thanks for sharing this one!

Reviewed on Aug. 02, 2012 by armywifeCMC

I seen a previous review of this recipe asking whether to add the water, oil, and eggs. All you do is combine the cake mix and the soda (nothing else)! I know it sounds wierd, I thought so as well but tried it anyway. They turn out amazing! I used a Duncan Heinz cake mix!

Reviewed on Aug. 02, 2012 by armywifeCMC

These are the most moist cupcakes I have ever had! Everyone loved them!

Reviewed on Jun. 12, 2012 by mnphouka

I have not made this yet because I have a question (hopefully not a stupid one ;) So do I add the water, oil and eggs as stated on the cake mix box along with the lemon-lime soda? The directions are not real clear to me. Seems like that would make it kinda runny? But to not add the eggs/oil does not make sense either? Help!