mountain dew cupcakes

Ingredients For mountain dew cupcakes

• MOUNTAIN DEW CUPCAKES:
• 1 c

  butter (2 sticks)
• 2 c

  sugar
• 4 lg

  eggs
• 3/4 c

  mountain dew
• 1/4 c

  lemon and lime juice (juice from 1 lemon and 1 lime)
• zest from 1 lemon and 2 limes (separate into 2 piles, one for buttercream)
• 1 1/2 tsp

  lemon extract
• 2 3/4 c

  all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp

  baking powder
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• MOUNTAIN DEW BUTTERCREAM:
• 1 c

  butter (2 sticks)
• 4-5 c

  powdered sugar
• 2 Tbsp

  mountain dew
• juices from half of 1 lemon and half of 1 lime.
• lemon and lime zest (rest of zest from cupcake recipe. or zest from half of 1 lemon and 1 whole lime)
• 1 tsp

  lemon extract
• neon green food coloring (yellow and blue if you don't have green)