“Fresh Up” with 7 Up: Easy 2-Ingredient Cupcakes!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy formula for two-ingredient cupcakes! Ideal for when you’re short on eggs and in need of a short cut!

DSC_5845-001

My name is Mary and I’m a lazy baker. . .

I’m happy to use a short cut for a cake or cupcakes, especially during the lazy days of summer.

DSC_5851-001

These cupcakes couldn’t be easier, made with just two ingredients:

a 12 ounce can of soda and a boxed cake mix!

I used a Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme Cake Mix

and a can of 7-Up for additional lemon flavor.

DSC_5812-001

Just cake mix and a can of lemon-lime soda. . . no oil, eggs or water.

A handy formula to know when eggs and oil are valuable commodities

during a pandemic with fewer shopping trips.

You can use a diet soda or flavored carbonated water to save additional calories,

reducing the sugar in these cupcakes if you prefer.

DSC_5822-001

Follow the directions on the box for mixing (minus the other ingredients).

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven as indicated on back of box for cupcakes (12 – 17 minutes)

or until cupcakes test done with a toothpick.

DSC_5886-001

Voila!

Lemon cupcakes from a box and a can of soda. . .

as easy to make as they are to eat!

DSC_5847-001

You can satisfy your sweet tooth with endless combinations of cake mix and soda

or flavored carbonated water when you’re too busy or lazy to bake.

DSC_5890-001

Use a chocolate cake mix + cola, root beer, or cherry cola

White or yellow cake mix + lemon-lime soda, ginger ale, or flavored carbonated water

Spice cake or Carrot cake mix + ginger ale

Red Velvet cake mix + cola or cherry cola

DSC_5866-001

Use your favorite frosting on these soda cupcakes and

decorate with a straw for fun and a nod to the soda in the mix.

DSC_5871-001

Fresh as a daisy. . . “Fresh Up” with 7 Up

DSC_5836-001

“7 Up makes good food taste better.”

. . .Including cupcakes!

Easy 2-Ingredient Cupcakes

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy formula and two-ingredient cupcake recipe! Ideal for when you’re short on eggs or could use a short cut!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time17 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: box cake mix, can of soda, cupcakes, short cut
Servings: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 box Cake Mix of choice
  • 12 oz. can soda of choice see notes flavor combinations below
  • Frosting of choice

Instructions

  • Add liners to cupcake pan(s). Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Add cake mix and can of room temperature soda to large bowl. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Scoop batter using cookie/ice cream scoop into cupcake liners, filling 2/3 full.
  • Bake according to box mix directions for cupcakes for (12 - 17 minutes) or until cupcakes test done with a toothpick.
  • Transfer cupcakes to wire rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.

Notes

Flavor combinations:
  • Chocolate cake mix + cola, root beer, or cherry cola
  • White, yellow cake or lemon cake mix + lemon-lime soda, ginger ale, or flavored carbonated water
  • Spice cake or Carrot cake mix + ginger ale
  • Red Velvet cake mix + cola or cherry cola
  • Use diet soda or flavored carbonated water to reduce the sugar in these cupcakes if you prefer.

DSC_5844-001

As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you purchase anything through an affiliate link, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.


Thank you for your visit, sharing with:

 Metamorphosis Monday

Follow Me on Pinterest

  39 comments for ““Fresh Up” with 7 Up: Easy 2-Ingredient Cupcakes!

  1. Michelle
    August 20, 2015 at 5:43 am

    This will be my next try! Yummy!🎂

  2. August 20, 2015 at 5:56 am

    Okay…this is my kind of baking!
    Beautiful presentation, Mary!

  3. Sherlie Magaret
    August 20, 2015 at 7:48 am

    These looks interesting and fun,

  4. August 20, 2015 at 7:49 am

    Need to try this…sounds way too easy! And they look delicious!

  5. Ellen Stillabower
    August 20, 2015 at 8:03 am

    Looks good!, will try this one.. I make a 7up biscuits and they are delicious but take longer to make than these cupcakes but are sooooo good! Thank you for sharing!!😍😍😍☕️☕️☕️

  6. Sue
    August 20, 2015 at 8:13 am

    Thanks for the recipe Mary!!! I can’t wait to try one of these…

  7. Linda E.
    August 20, 2015 at 8:30 am

    Mary, you are amazing! A great idea for cupcakes, and you even showcase them so beautifully! They look as if making them took all day! Thanks!

  8. Melisa Leach
    August 20, 2015 at 8:46 am

    Looks like delicious fun! Thanks for sharing and including the additional recipe ideas.

  9. August 20, 2015 at 9:18 am

    Darling pics, did you do the stencil too? Who wouldn’t love a fresh bite in the garden~

    • August 20, 2015 at 9:29 am

      Hi to you, no, it’s a vintage 7Up crate :)

      • Marilyn Puetz Barrere
        July 18, 2023 at 10:16 am

        Wow. Wow. Can’t wait to get my hands on some cans of soda and cake mixes! Thanks so much! And I must say as a Bichon mommie myself, your sweet little beachy Bichon rocks! Aren’t they the greatest?!!

      • July 18, 2023 at 10:17 am

        Thank you for your visit and comment Marilyn! Yes, we love our Bichons too 🐾🐾 :)

  10. August 20, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Where did you ever find those vintage 7-up bottles Mary? They take me straight back to childhood days~ I have made cake mix cookies and they were so good, I can’t wait to give this a try! Love all your suggested flavor combos and WOW you knocked this out of the park will your brilliant styling!!!
    Jenna

  11. August 20, 2015 at 9:48 am

    Love it…you had me at “shortcut” !!!…Love shortcuts and love lemon..my lucky day!….and of course your presentation is perfection!…

  12. Liz
    August 20, 2015 at 11:57 am

    I love the way you presented these cupcakes. You are just too creative.

  13. August 20, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    How fun!

  14. August 20, 2015 at 2:40 pm

    Wow. That is very neat. I’m going to have to try it. And your display is so pretty too.
    blessings
    ~*~

  15. August 20, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    You had me at two ingredients. I love this! Do you mind if I share this on my blog next week with a link back to your post? Pinning it!

    • August 20, 2015 at 5:07 pm

      Share away Ricki Jill :)

  16. August 20, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    I love the way u bake my friend, easy peasy!! Your posts always put a smile on my face, I love seeing that I have
    emails from you, keep them coming! I have been looking at Lake Norman on the computer, think I’d like to live there too (fingers crossed) someday!!
    Have a beautiful evening, looking forward to your next post! :~)

  17. August 20, 2015 at 8:20 pm

    Well you may say you’re a lazy baker, but you’re one creative baker and decorator!! Your cupcakes look adorable and your photos are so happy and cheery! Thanks for the smiles, and the easy recipe. I make cookies with my grands out of cake mix and they’re wonderful, too.

  18. Paula
    August 20, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    ~Mary~

    Thanks for sharing , I Love Easy !!!! You’re amazing I would have cake mix all over the cupcake tin!! hehe

    Paula
    IN

  19. August 20, 2015 at 11:20 pm

    You had me at 2 ingredients! This is my kind of baking too!!! I will send this to my daughter who is the baker in the family. Now that she is a Mom her time is limited so will love this! have a beautiful weekend, Mary.

  20. August 21, 2015 at 6:25 am

    These look perfect and are so easy! I must try them!! Hugs to Chloe and Gracie!! Happy Weekend to you, Mary!

  21. Anne Keller
    August 22, 2015 at 10:01 am

    Wow! You are my favorite blogger of all. Hugs.

  22. Laurie
    August 22, 2015 at 1:12 pm

    You are just too fun and creative! I’m going to make these today🌞

  23. franki
    August 24, 2015 at 8:42 am

    WHO KNEW?!?!?!?!? THANX for this upstanding tip!!! franki

  24. August 26, 2015 at 7:32 pm

    Well, I just may have to try this idea. I love easy! Sheila E

  25. August 27, 2015 at 11:57 am

    Looks fabulous! Thanks for joining Home Sweet Home!

  26. September 1, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    Very pretty!

  27. Cece
    April 30, 2019 at 8:11 pm

    I’ve made these cupcakes and they are yummy! Do you think they could be made with a gluten free boxed cake mix?

Leave a Reply

Discover more from Home is Where the Boat Is

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue Reading

%d bloggers like this: