Monday Night Football!!
Hubby and I play in a Beirut league on Monday nights. Yes, we play a drinking game in a league on a work night – we’re crazy people! The best part is that we get to watch Monday Night Football which is awesome!
Tonight, the Patriots are playing in the Jungle (Cincinnati). Being Bengals fans living in Boston is tough, and tonight is going to be really tough. We are going fully decked out in our Bengals jerseys and we’ll be obnoxious fans. It’s going to be great.
Anyways, after each week of play, we get Totally Biased Power Rankings. A quote from last week from the power ranking man is: “the best way to get the #1 spot is to make me food” Do you think these cupcakes will get us a first place ranking when the ranking-guy is a huge Pats fan?!? I think we’ve got a great chance of it.
I didn’t have much time to bake since we got back from the Cape at around 8PM last night, so I used the diet coke method. For the orange cupcakes, I used diet orange soda with vanilla cake. For the frosting I mixed cream cheese frosting with 1 pkg sugar free orange jello. Then I put black coloring in it. For the chocolate ones, I used the triple chocolate cake mix (the one that says Hershey’s) and frosted them with vanilla frosting with orange coloring. I topped with various orange and black sprinkles and orange M&Ms.
Since I used the diet coke method: 1 box cake mix + 12 oz diet soda + 1 egg (optional), these are 1 pt mini-cupcakes or 2 pt regular cupcakes (without frosting).







I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 






Thanks for sharing this recipe! My mom is doing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this fall and I’m going to make some of these to sell at her fundraiser. They look delicious and summery!
These look perfect to take along to a cookout or picnic. Great summer flavor.
These look great to me! Yum!
I love lemon cupcakes! Yummy and oh so cute!
I love pink lemonade but I agree it’s a summer dessert.
These look awesome! You are creative:)
Totally going to try these…maybe make up a similar version with limeade and green frosting…hmmm…
These are so cute!!! And the lemonade kick is perfect for last minute summer get togethers!
These are so cute. How can your husband say they are to sweet. Is that possible!
I feel like I can almost taste these…and they are so pretty!!!
Thank you for linking them to Flavor of the Month! 🙂
These cupcakes sounds extra yummy! Can’t wait to try the recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Is it just me, or does pink lemonade taste better than regular? I don’t consider myself a girly gal, but I love pink stuff! Your cupcakes look wonderful! 🙂
great idea!!!
thanks for the recipe! i shared it on my blog here and linked back to you! so yummy!!!
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