Coca Cola Cupcakes

Happy Birthday to Colin and Emily! 

For their birthdays, I made these Coca-Cola cupcakes and these Rainbow Cupcakes. Both were fun and easy to make, although to be honest I preferred the rainbow ones. These were quick but more or less tasted like chocolate cupcakes. I was hoping for a bigger coke kick. Esentially, instead of eggs and oil, these cupcakes use coke. That's it. They were fun to frost and decorate though. Also, looking back, I would add a moschino cherry to the tops of the frosted dollop ones - decorative and tasty!

The Coca-Cola cupcakes were inspired by our swim team's trip to Atlanta for Nationals. While there, we visited the Coke Museum - very cool! Got to try tons of flavors from all around the world (my favorite was Frosty Melon Fanta, Thailand). It was a great meet, and I loved being able to see a new city. 

Birthday Buddies! Colin & Emily

Coca Cola Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 can Coke (need to use regular)
1 package Devil's Food Cake mix
1 package icing
Cherries (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a muffin tin with aluminum cups.
2. In a medium bowl thoroughly combine just the mix and coke (don't add ingredients mentioned on the box-we keep it simple).
3. Fill the cups to 2/3 full.
4. Bake at 350 for 18 minutes, or until they pass the toothpick test.
5. Let cool completely, then frost.