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shara's shirley temple cupcakes

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Recipe by
sherry monfils
@smonfils
worcester, MA

My daughters' favorite drink, the Shirley temple had her experimenting recently in her kitchen to come up w/ a either a cake or cupcakes that would taste like her favorite drink. The cake was okay but the cupcakes were amazing!

yield 18 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For shara's shirley temple cupcakes

  • 1 pkg
    yellow or white cake mix
  • 1-1/4 c
    cherry flavored 7-u soda
  • 1/2 c
    vegetable oil
  • 3 lg
    eggs, room temp
  • red food coloring drops
  • 1 jar
    maraschino cherries
  • 1 can
    cream cheese frosting
  • 2 Tbsp
    cherry flavored 7-up soda
  • 3 Tbsp
    reserved maraschino cherry juice

How To Make shara's shirley temple cupcakes

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Spray cooking spray lightly onto muffin pan w/ 18 muffin cups or use muffin baking cups.
  • 2
    In a large bowl, beat cake mix, 1-1/4 cups soda, oil & eggs about 2 minutes until combined. Set aside 1/3 cup of batter in a small bowl. To the small bowl of batter, add a few drops of red food coloring. Mix into the batter until it turns red.
  • 3
    Spoon the red batter evenly into baking cups. Remove stems from 18 Maraschino cherries and place 1 cherry in center of each muffin cup. Top w/ the remaining batter. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of a cupcake comes out clean. Let cool. Place frosting in a medium bowl. Add remaining soda, the 3 tbsp. of reserved cherry juice & a drop of red food coloring. Beat on low just until blended. Frost cupcakes and top w/ a cherry.
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