Who Is Ready To Get Their Party On? Cherry Coke Cupcakes Recipe

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Who is ready for a new baking recipe? We love cupcakes. Don’t  you? Are you throwing an end of summer party for the kids? Or maybe heading to a party? These cupcakes are great for making and taking. Today we are sharing a Cherry Coke Cupcakes recipe. 

Cherry Coke Cupcakes

You can get all fancy with the cupcake liners, like using these pink leopard cupcake liners for a girls party. Or use a more neutral liner if it’s not for a girls party.

Cherry Coke Cupcakes Recipe

You’ll find the easy to follow cupcake recipe in the printable recipe card. We also found some great tutorials to help you when frosting your cupcakes with two colors of frosting.

When frosting cupcakes I like using the Wilton Decorator Plus for me this tool is easy to use and clean. Or you can use a pastry bag with tips.

• Here is a great video on 3 ways to make swirled frosting, You’ll see how easy it is to frost two colors. 
• Here’s how you can use the Wilton Decorator Plus for swirling cupcakes. By adding on the Wilton ColorSwirl 3-Color Coupler (you can use it for 2 colors too) See how by watching the video. It’s a great add on item for the Wilton Decorator Plus.

Frosting: 

Frosting Ingredients: 

1 C soft unsalted butter
4 + C powder sugar
4 TBSP heavy whipping cream
1 TBSP cherry extract
Red gel food coloring

Frosting Directions:

-Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
-If it doesn’t cream add;several drops of the heavy whipping cream.
-Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak.
-Add Cherry extract…. mix well.
-If not add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time.
-Test to make sure that the frosting can make and hold a stiff peak.
-Divide the frosting equally into two bowls…..first bowl remains white while the second bowl…add several drops of red gel food coloring….mix well.
-Scoop the red  frosting into a pastry bag with a 13 inch round frosting tip…. then add the white frosting….twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip….Test to make sure that the combination of red and white frosting comes to the tip at the same time.
-Frost cupcakes from the outside edge to the center of the cupcake.
-Add garnish of your choice….

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Cherry Coke Cupcakes

Cherry Coke Cupcakes lightly flavored with big frosting will make a great party or dessert treat.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Author Krista Blackburn (recipe) for DearCreatives.com

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients

• 1/2 C unsalted butter room temp
• 2 egg whites
• 2 eggs
• 2 C flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 baking soda
• 1/2 C buttermilk
• 2 TBSP Cherry Coke
• 1 1/2 C sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Frosting Ingredients

• 1 C soft unsalted butter
• 4 + C powder sugar
• 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream
• 1 TBSP cherry extract
• Red gel food coloring

Instructions

Cupcake Directions

1. -Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. -Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.
3. -Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
4. -Beat butter on high for 30 seconds.
5. -Add sugar, vanilla, and cherry coke to the butter .... beating until well combined.
6. -Add egg whites, and then eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
7. -Alternate adding the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter  mixture, beating on low speed until everything is mixed together.
8. -Add 1/3 C  flour mixture to the wet mixture followed by adding   1/3  C of the buttermilk; add 1/3 C flour mixture again then add 1/3 C  buttermilk mix on low speed, add 1/3 C of flour and add the rest of 1/3 C of buttermilk mix in low speed until  thoroughly blended.
9. -Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted cupcake comes out
10. clean.
11. -Allow to cool in the cupcake tine for 10 minutes.
12. -Remove the cupcakes from the cupcake tin and completely cool on a wire rack.

Frosting Directions

1. -Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
2. -If it doesn't cream add  several drops of the heavy whipping cream.
3. -Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak.
4. -Add Cherry extract.... mix well.
5. -If not add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time.
6. -Test to make sure that the frosting can make and hold a stiff peak.
7. -Divide the frosting equally into two bowls.....first bowl remains white while the second bowl...add several drops of red gel food coloring....mix well.
8. -Scoop the red  frosting into a pastry bag with a 13 inch round frosting tip.... then add the white frosting....twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip....Test to make sure that the combination of red and white frosting comes to the tip at the same time.
9. -Frost cupcakes from the outside edge to the center of the cupcake.
10. -Add garnish of your choice....

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