These Coca-Cola Cupcakes are a fun and flavorful dessert treat. They are rich, moist and chocolatey and have Coca-Cola in the cupcakes and the frosting!
Preheat oven to 350 F and line a standard muffin tin with cupcake wrappers
In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, salt, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Mix until combined and set aside.
In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine Coca-Cola, butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Stir and heat up until the butter is all melted, and the sugar is dissolved. 4-5 minutes. Don’t make it boil. Let the mixture cool
Pour the cooled Coca-Cola mixture into a large mixing bowl.
*This step is important because if the Coca-Cola mixture is not cooled, when adding the eggs, you take a chance of the mixture to cook the eggs and the egg white will curdle
Add the eggs and mix.
Add the flour mixture to the Coca-Cola mixture, mix with a hand-mixer until all combined.
*NOTE* You can mix with a whisk, but you may have more lumps. I used a hand mixer.
Once all the flour is combined, stop, don’t over mix.
Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pans to about 2/3 full
Bake in a preheated oven for 20-22 minutes or when you insert a toothpick into the center and come out clean.
Allow to cool completely while making the Buttercream.
In a large mixing bowl combine butter and powdered sugar (1 cup at a time)
Mix in the Coca Cola and mix until combined.
Scoop the buttercream into a piping bag with a star tip nozzle.
*NOTE* You can use a Ziploc bag for piping as well
Pipe the buttercream on all the cupcakes.
Serve and enjoy.
Notes
You can halve or double this recipe if you'd like.