Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes With Chocolate Shell
By: Jo Ann
Published: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 8:08am

Ingredients




Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes
adapted from Nigella Lawson's' How to be a Domestic Goddess'
12 makes cupcakes
Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
3/4 cup Coca-Cola
1/4 cup marachino cherry syrup
24 marachino cherries
whipped cream frosting
ice-cream chocolate shell
Directions:
1 . Preheat the oven to 350 F
2 . In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg, buttermilk, and vanilla in a second bowl. In a sauce
3 . Pour into the dry ingredients, stir well with a wooden spoon, and then add the liquid ingredients, beating until everything is
4 . Pour into the cupcake pans and push a cherry into the center of each cupcake. Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes
5 . When cool frost with whipped cream. Drizzle on chocolate glaze and top with a marachino cherry

Preparation

1 Directions: 2 Preheat the oven to 350 F. 3 In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg, buttermilk, and vanilla in a second bowl. In a saucepan, boil the Coca-Cola, and cherry syrup gently for five minutes. Melt in the butter and cocoa powder. 4 Pour into the dry ingredients, stir well with a wooden spoon, and then add the liquid ingredients, beating until everything is blended. 5 Pour into the cupcake pans and push a cherry into the center of each cupcake. Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. 6 When cool frost with whipped cream. Drizzle on chocolate glaze and top with a marachino cherry.