A Coca-Cola Cupcake Recipe

At family gatherings my grandma, aunts, and mom always include wonderful desserts along with pulled pork barbecue and hash and freshly-grown vegetables. While visiting at Easter Grandma and I poured over recipes. One of my favorite recipes of Grandma’s is Coca-Cola cake. This was my first time adapting the recipe for cupcakes and they turned out wonderfully!

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Coca-Cola Cupcakes

Makes 18-20

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

1/2 cup veg oil

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 

1 cup Coca-Cola

2 cups sugar

2 cups plain flour

1  1/2 cups mini marshmallows

1 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add cupcake liners (similar here) to muffin pan. In large saucepan bring to a light boil first 4 ingredients (butter, oil, unsweet cocoa, and Coca-Cola). Turn off eye. Add sugar/flour (sifted together)…mix into boiling chocolate mixture. Stir in marshmallows. 

Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk, stir in eggs and vanilla. Lightly whisk together. Stir egg/buttermilk mix into chocolate mixture. Pour into cupcake liners. I used 1 ice cream scoop per cupcake. Bake for 15-19 minutes.

Icing

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

3 tablespoons unsweet cocoa

6 tablespoons Coca Cola

16 oz confectioner’s (white powdered) sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix butter, cocoa, Coca Cola, and vanilla in sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat stirring frequently. Remove from eye and our over confectioner’s sugar. Stir, icing will the thick. Add to top of cupcakes while cupcakes are fresh and hot. 

// just for fun I’m including detailed pictures below. this recipe has a lot of steps (with a lot of dirty dishes at the end!) and I promise it will be completely worth it. 

Mix butter, cocoa, Coca Cola, and vanilla in sauce pan. Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently until a light boil. 

Flour/sugar mixture, sifted. I recommend prepping this in advance! 

Turn off heat add sifted flour/sugar mixture to hot chocolate mix. Will look a bit like brownie batter. Stir in marshmallows, marshmallows will dissolve a bit. 

Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk, stir in eggs and vanilla. Lightly whisk together.

Stir egg/buttermilk mix into chocolate mixture. Pour into cupcake liners.

Quick tip: use an ice cream scoop, 1 scoop per cupcake!

Now, while the cupcakes are baking its time to work on the most delicious part: icing! 

Mix butter, cocoa, Coca-Cola, and vanilla in sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat stirring frequently. Remove from eye and our over confectioner’s sugar. Stir. Icing will the thick. 

Add to top of cupcakes while cupcakes are fresh and hot. 

The cupcakes are moist and have a slight fudge-flavor. And I am not going to lie: these guys are sweet and rich. You will definitely want a glass of milk with this cupcake. 

And I just have to tell you: my whole family ate these cupcakes. Our kids are picky eaters, but the chocolate won them over. 

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