Ok…so…we can be as healthy as we want to be as equestrians but sometimes you need to celebrate. Celebrate an awesome ride with this delish Cherry Coca-Cola Cupcakes! It won’t take long for it to become a party in your part of the barn with these sweet treats!
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Yield: 12 cupcakes
These delicious Cherry Coca-Cola (Coke) Cupcakes are perfect for those Coca-Cola fans like myself. Made using deliciously sweet Cherry Coke and topped off with Cherry Coke buttercream frosting and a sweet fresh cherry.
Ingredients:
FOR THE CUPCAKES:
- 113g unsalted butter, softened
- 145g brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 125ml cherry coca-cola/coke
- 63ml buttermilk
- 125g self-raising flour
- 15g cocoa powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- a few drops of cola extract (Sainsbury’s or Lorann’s oils)
- a few drops of cherry flavouring (Lorann’s oils or any extract)
FOR THE FROSTING:
- approx. 50ml Cherry Coca-Cola
- 110g unsalted butter, softened
- approx. 350g icing (confectioners’) sugar
- a few drops of cola extract (Sainsbury’s or Lorann’s oils)
- a few drops of cherry flavouring (Lorann’s oils or any extract)
DECORATIONS:
- (optional) 12 fresh cherries
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 180℃/350℉/Gas Mark 4. Place 12 cupcake liners into a muffin pan and set aside.
- Beat the butter with the sugar until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Mix the cola and the buttermilk together in a jug. In a bowl, sift the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) together.
- Pour about a third of the cola and buttermilk mixture into the creamed butter and sugar, the sieve in about a third of the flour/ cocoa powder/ soda mix and stir well. Repeat this process until all ingredients are added and stir until blended and smooth.
- Taste test the batter. If you feel the cherry cola flavour needs a little lift, add a few drops of both the cherry and cola extract/ flavouring until desires taste is reached.
- Pour into each cupcake liner to about ½ to ¾ full and bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer comes out clean, then remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make the buttercream frosting, cream the butter with the icing sugar adding the cherry coca-cola a little at a time until smooth and creamy.
- Again, taste test the frosting. If you feel the cherry cola flavour needs a little lift, add a few drops of both the cherry and cola extract/ flavouring until desires taste is reached.
- Using a piping bag with a large star tip, pipe swirls onto each cupcake and top off with a fresh cherry.
Notes:
When stirring the cupcake batter after the cola/ buttermilk and self-raising flour has been mixed, it will become rather frothy. This is normal and the chemical reaction between the ingredients in the cola and the raising agents.
*Special thanks to Sweet2Eat Baking.