INGREDIENTS
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1 cup butter (2 sticks)
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2 cups sugar
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4 large eggs
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3/4 cup Mountain Dew
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1/4 cup of lemon and lime juice (juice from 1 lemon and 1 lime)
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zest from 1 lemon and 2 limes (separate into 2 piles, one for buttercream)
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1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
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2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 bottle neon green food coloring (yellow and blue if you dont have green)
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Mountain Dew Buttercream
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1 cup butter (2 sticks)
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4-5 cups powdered sugar
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2 tablespoons Mountain Dew
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Juices from half of 1 lemon and half of 1 lime.
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Lemon and lime zest (rest of zest from cupcake recipe. Or zest from half of 1 lemon and 1 whole lime)
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1 teaspoon lemon extract
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1/3 bottle neon green food coloring (yellow and blue if you dont have green)