Orange Crush Cupcakes

 

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1 white cake mix
Oil and  Eggs as called for on the package instructions
Orange Crush or other orange soda pop, not diet
Bavarian cream pastry filling or other filling
1  Butter Cream frosting mix or recipe
Orange color
Orange flavoring
Candied orange zest
Gel Candies in any shape, Orange Candy Fruit Slices or orange crumbs/sprinkles

1. Mix the cake mix according to package instructions but substituting orange pop for the water. Add one teaspoon or more orange flavoring. (The pop will tint the batter orange.)
2. Fill cupcake liners in a muffin pan and bake as directed.
3. To fill your cupcakes, clip the corner of a bag of pastry filling and insert the open corner into the top of each cupcake. Squeeze until you feel the cupcake bulging but before it splits. For other fillings, use a filling injector or fill a pastry bag and use a star or elongated tip to fill the cupcakes.
4. Make the frosting adding orange color and orange flavor as desired. Frost the tops of the cupcakes covering the holes. Decorate as desired.

~MLE