Cakes · Original adaptation
Cherry Cola Cupcakes Recipe
Chocolate cola cupcakes filled with sour-cherry compote and topped with vanilla frosting.
Inspired by Spring Baking Championship, Season 9, Episode 6
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Cherry Cola Cupcakes
- Prep
- 30 min
- Bake
- 20 min
- Total
- 50 min
- Makes
- 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 180 g all-purpose flour
- 35 g cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 150 g granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 120 ml cola
- 120 ml buttermilk
- 80 ml neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 180 g sour-cherry preserves
- 115 g unsalted butter, softened
- 240 g powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Method
Heat the oven to 175 C, or 160 C fan. Line a 12-hole muffin pan.
Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and sugar. In another bowl whisk the egg, cola, buttermilk, oil, and half the vanilla.
Fold the wet mixture into the dry ingredients just until smooth. Divide among the liners and bake for 18 to 21 minutes. Cool completely.
Cut a small core from each cupcake, spoon in cherry preserves, and replace a thin cap of cake.
Beat the butter until smooth. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar, cream, and remaining vanilla until light.
Pipe or spread the frosting over the cupcakes and finish each with a small dot of cherry preserves.
From the episode
Retro Love
This adaptation starts from the episode's 1950s soda shops and 1960s style brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
