Saturday, May 8, 2010

Coca-Cola Cupcakes

Start to Finish: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Cupcakes
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1- 1/2 cups small marshmallows
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola®
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons cocoa (optional)
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 box (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cupcake tin with liners.
2. In a bowl, sift sugar and flour. Add marshmallows. In saucepan, mix butter, oil, cocoa, and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil and pour over dry ingredients; blend well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to batter along with eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well. Pour into a lined cupcake pan 2/3's full, and bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven, let cool and then frost.
3. For frosting, combine butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners' sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over cupcakes. Enjoy!

Servings: 24-27

Variations: You can use any type of soda.

Nutrition Facts per serving: 295 cal., 14.4 g total fat (5.6 g sat. fat), 32 mg chol., 105 mg sodium, 41.3 g carbo., 1 g fiber, 2.2 g pro. Daily Values: 5% vit. A, 2% calcium, 4% iron

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