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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!

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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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