Tony’s favorite…there will be leftover icing, which Tony says is a good thing!
Ingredients
For the cake:
1 box Duncan Hines White Cake Mix
Sprite or other lemon-lime soda
For the frosting:
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup Crisco shortening
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash of salt
Instructions
Make cake mix according to package directions, substituting Sprite for the water.
Pour batter into paper-lined mini-muffin cups and bake about 9 minutes. Should make about 4 trays of cupcakes filled 2/3 full or 8 dozen. Try to avoid browning.
Cool completely.
Combine the buttercream ingredients in a bowl and beat on low speed until icing is smooth and somewhat fluffy.
Tint three quarters of the icing light pink and place in a pastry bag. Tint remaining icing light green and place in a pastry bag. Using a large star tip, pipe pink topping on each cake until it is about 1″ high. Using a leaf tip, pipe one small leaf to the side of each cake.
