Coke Float Cupcakes
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Recipe type: Cakes/Cupcakes
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Serves: 12
 
Coke Floats remind me of childhood summers sipping on those fizzy, melty concoctions with lots of Coke and vanilla ice cream. These Coke Float Cupcakes are just like that in cupcake form!
Ingredients
  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 1 can (12 ounces) Coca Cola
  • 1 dram Cola flavored oil (or 2 tsp Cola Soda Stream syrup)
  • FOR COLA FROSTING:
  • ¾ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 Tbsp heavy cream
  • 1 dram Cola flavored oil
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • White non-pareils
  • Maraschino cherries
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper liners and set aside. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat together the cake mix and soda with an electric mixer on medium-low speed, about 2 minutes. You are ONLY mixing in the dry mix and the soda -- NOTHING else (no eggs, no oil, no water). Once combined, beat in the dram of Cola flavored oil or the Soda Stream Cola syrup to combine.
  2. Portion the batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling about ¾ of the way full. Bake for approx. 14-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs. Cool completely.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter, heavy cream, Cola oil and vanilla extract with the paddle attachment until creamy and combined. Gradually add the powdered sugar, about a cup at a time, until frosting is light and fluffy.
  4. Pipe the frosting high onto cooled cupcakes; sprinkle with white non-pareils. Garnish with a patted-dry maraschino cherry and serve! *If you want the frosting high, like as shown in the photos, consider doubling your frosting recipe.*
Recipe by The Domestic Rebel at https://thedomesticrebel.com/2014/06/24/coke-float-cupcakes/