Sweet Like A Chica Cherry Cola

Hello again. I'm finally sitting down and updating again. I really have been slacking off lately but I've finally managed to keep myself busy enough where I can't sit at my computer all day. Between making breakfast every morning, cleaning during the day and making dinner at night I've managed to keep myself incredibly occupied. Hopefully I can keep it all up once my schooling starts next week.

So on to this delicious cupcake. I've adapted this recipe a little bit from the cupcakeproject. Her recipe was divine! Seriously. I just wanted a little extra cola taste and a little bit less of the cherries that the original recipe called for.

Cherry Coke Cupcakes
Yields: 12 cupcakes


INGREDIENTS
1 cup cola ( I used coca-cola. I don't really think it matters what brand you use I just used it because that is what was at our house.)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
2 tsp cola extract ( This is the stuff that you make homemade soda with. I found some on amazon.)
1 1/3 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
36 maraschino cherries

 DIRECTIONS

1.) In a medium sized bowl mix together the apple cider vinegar and the cola. Allow that to sit for a few minutes
2.) Mix in the sugar and the oil. Mix it really well until it is a bit frosty!
3.) Mix in the cola extract, flour, baking powder and baking soda until just combined.
4.) Fill your cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full.
5.) Now it's time to add your cherries. I put two cherries into each cupcake. I cut them each in half though and put them evenly in each cupcake.
6.) Bake at 350F until cooked all the way through and they bounce back when you touch them. This takes about 20 minutes.

Cola Frosting

INGREDIENTS

8 oz cream cheese
2.5 - 3 tsp of cola extract (This depends on what you want it to taste like. I started with 2 and tasted it and ended up adding about 3)
1/4 cup unsalted butter
2 cups powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS

1.) Beat together the butter and the cream cheese.
2.) Add in the powdered sugar. You can always add in more sugar if you like a more sugar flavored frosting as opposed to cream cheese. It makes it a bit thicker also.
3.) Add in the extract.

Put your cupcakes all together and enjoy. I used the extra cherries to a garnish and I also added some red edible glitter. I thought it made them look fancy :D