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January 25, 2012
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Now I REALLY need to remake these cupcakes. It’s been way too long! Your photos are so beautiful & cheery!
Hi! I’m very excited to make these! I love cherry come and I remember when McDonald’s came out with coke floats (I still have the coke glass it came in).
Question: is the flour, etc. sifted before or after measuring?!?
By the way: I made your Tres Leches cake last night! It was a hit!
Thanks!!!
Hi Grace, Measure the flour and other ingredients, and then sift together. And glad you loved the Tres Leches Cake!
Spectacular! The flavors, the photography (love the pops of bright RED), and I love maraschino cherries. I love everything about this recipe and post!
I’ve seen a recipe similar to this one, but using Dr. Pepper. This sounds so much better! Your pics are beautiful and those things look scrumptious!
These are so fun and so colorful. Not to mention that they look super delicious. LOVE your pictures of these too!
These look absolutely sinful – a delicious cute cupcake filled with the addictive drink
These are so adorable, especially with the cherry on top!
Ahhhh! Love, love, love!
Wow, that molten center looks amazing!
I’ve never had a float (yes, yes! I’m not American, sue me!) but am curious to try one/a float cupcake. Looks delicious!
I love how cool and retro these look, especially that gorgeously shiny cherry!
If a cupcake could be uplifting, this would be it!
These look delicious as well as beautiful. I am so thrilled to have found your blog. I enjoy every one of your posts, stories, beautiful photography and of course recipes. I plan to make these for my mother for Valentine’s Day…thanks for the inspiration!
such a cute idea!
I neeeeeeeeeed these!!
These are just gorgeous!
So cute. I ate my share of cherry coke (homemade) at a little place I worked in High School. Love the stuff.
These are so pretty! I think I’ll make these for my daughters birthday next month! I
Beautiful!! What a cute idea! I love that there is a cherry inside too
Love these photos! Just gorgeous!
These are too cute! I have been wanting to make Cherry Coke cake for a long time, but I love the idea of turning it into cupcakes with a cherry in the middle. Great idea! These would be a great Valentine’s Day treat. Something about chocolate and cherries is so romantic!
These are freaking beautiful!
Cherry Coke was/is my absolute favorite! I loved going to restaurants and getting the homemade cherry coke with the maraschino cherries at the bottom. Yum
These look outrageously delicious, I pinned the recipe and can’t wait to try these out!
My husband will love these!! He loves cherries and cherry coke
Oh wow. I don’t drink soda anymore but I used to down cherry cokes in seconds. These cupcakes look and sound amazing, I love the glaze & the cherry filling addition…oh yum. Delicious!
I love these cupcakes:-) They look delicious. Can’t wait to try them.
I absolutely LOVED Cherry Coke when I was a kid! I will have to hold onto this recipe for sure.
omygosh I need to make these cupcakes! I love this idea! When I was a kid I was obsessed with Cherry Coke slushies… and still sneak one in every once in a while
I know it’s simple and light but I want the frosting so bad.
These cupcakes are adorable! I love the drizzle going down the side, just like a real float!
These look great! They would be perfect for a tween’s birthday party/sleepover. We’re like your parents and don’t always allow Coke and other treats in the house. These would help to make the day special!
These would make me happy. That is all!
Thanks for the post!
What a fun cupcake!
What beautiful cupcakes!!
These are so fun!!!
These look heavenly! I’m a Southern girl so Coke floats were a regular drink in our home as a sweet treat. Love the spin you’ve put on this classif drink by turning it into a cupcake.
These are genius … and gorgeous. Love, love, love them for Valentine’s Day.
These are so fun! I love the cherry in the middle. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Well these gems of yumminess will definitely be making a debut at my house for Valentine’s Day & I can’t wait!! I do have one question: would you recommend “frosting” them with the whipped cream right before serving? How does the whipped cream hold up otherwise? I’m assuming these cupcakes also need to be stored in the frig due to the whipped cream . . .
Thanks, Michelle, for all your delicious inspirations. Oh! And our Pens are getting back on track
GO PENS!
Hi Michelle, I would just recommend frosting them with the whipped cream the same day. If you do really whip it to stiff peaks, it will hold its shape, and you can leave them at room temperature if serving the same day. Otherwise, you could make them a day or two ahead, keep them in airtight container at room temperature, and then frost the day you plan to serve them.
And yes, definitely, GO PENS!
Lovely cakes!!!
Nice to finally comment here instead of just stalk you. hehe
these look fabulous. i’ve been wanted to make something with blackberry soda and these would be perfect!
thanks for the inspiration!
Cherry Coke is my FAVORITE! Thanks for the recipe!! Yum!
xo
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Those cherries are bagging to be eaten right this moment! Great blog, my friend recommended to stop by for baked recipe. She tried many of your recipes and it all came out perfect. I need to start practicing for Valentines…
ohhh maaann — I could sure do with a cupcake now
these don’t just sound delicious but they look delicious!
Could you use any other type of soft drink like root beer?
Absolutely, I don’t see why not!
I love these cupcakes. I must make them immediately. And eat ten in one sitting.
Absolutely brilliant! I know a half dozen family members who would LOVE this!
Gorgeous! Just looking at these photos makes me feel like a kid again
i can’t wait to try these out for an upcoming party or get together!
I’ve GOT to make these!
I made these yesterday. The cake is really, really good, and I love the cherries and the frosting. But I had trouble with the glaze. My glaze didn’t thicken as you described. I even added more powdered sugar, but it was still pretty runny, and that was after letting it sit for at least 10 minutes. They still tasted amazing; they were just a little messy. I might try decreasing the Coke to 1 Tbsp. instead of 2 next time I make them.
I made these and we loved them:)) My husband is a huge jack and coke fan, and I was wondering if you knew how I could incorporate jack into these? Thanks and have a wonderful day:)
Oooh I love this idea! I would say you could substitute some jack for the coke in the batter, maybe use jack instead of the coke for the glaze (or 50/50). Mmm now I want a jack and coke cupcake
OMG! You are my Cupcake Hero!!!
This recipe made me instantly think of the super bowl! So I made them today to freeze and Fill/frost Sunday. But of course One got lost on the way to the freezer
they taste like a tootsie roll! But you definitely get the soda too! The only thing was the paper didn’t peel off perfectly. Did that happen to you? Of course I might not have let them cool enough. Just wondering! Thanks!!
Hi Malina, I actually didn’t have a problem with the paper coming off, it just peeled right off.
Oh I’ll just have to check another one
thanks!
I’m definitely going to try to do it one day! It looks amaaaazing!!
why can’t we use diet coke? or coke zero?
Hi Shelley, Because neither of those have sugar in them.
Sounds sweet and yummy. Not sure if we would like them but they are really adorable.
First off I’d like to say- amazing photography! These look straight out of a magazine ;D I was super excited to bake them, and I did today, but unfortunately they didn’t come out as planned
The cupcakes looked okay when they came out of the oven, but then sunk and got very heavy. The texture is almost chewy, and I didn’t taste any Coke :[ I know I must have done something wrong, but what?
Thanks so much!
Hi Ashley, Usually when cakes and cupcakes sink in the middle it’s because they were taken out of the oven before they were completely cooked through in the middle.
I made these as well , they didn’t taste much like coke… They were yummy though. I didn’t use the glaze it tasted nothing like coke just tasted like powdered sugar… Maybe next time I will use Dr. Pepper….
Your post is beautiful- it reminds me of black forest cake. I reviewed the recipe and changed it up a bit with some strawberries and cream on my blog
Thanks for the cool recipe!
Love how it looks like! I will use these cupcakes for my daughter’s ice cream party. Can you tell me what tip you used to pipe the frosting? It looks beautiful!
Hi Diane, I used a Wilton 1M decorating tip.
These look great!
When you say whipped cream, do you mean like whipping cream, or Cool Whip (or something like it)?
Hi Sarah, Whipping cream (or heavy cream or heavy whipping cream), definitely not Cool Whip.
i made these today… it was my first time working with whipping cream, i whipped it til it stuck to a spoon as instructed, but it didn’t hold it’s shape as well as yours seems to have once i put it on the cupcakes… yours looks lighter/fluffier… should i have whipped it for a longer period of time to get that consistency??? they were still great tasting, i’d just like to know for future reference…
Hi Jennifer, I think whipping cream was one of the hardest things for me to overcome when I first started baking. Sometimes I would whip it too soft, and sometimes I was on the verge of making butter from whipping it too long. It honestly takes a bit of practice to get the feel for it and know when it is at the right “soft peak” stage and the right “stiff peak” stage. I think you probably just needed to whip it for a tad longer.
My favourite “Float” has always been ginger beer, so maybe this will also work if I replace the Coca Cola with it? And what about good old cream soda? That should also work like a bomb!
Hi Wendy, I do believe that those should also work! Just make sure you don’t use diet versions (which don’t have sugar in them).