Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cupcakes

1 1/2 Cups flour

3/4 Cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 large egg

1/2 Cup buttermilk

2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup unsalted butter

3 Tbs cocoa powder

3/4 Cup Coca-Cola

1/4 cup marachino cherry syrup

24 marachino cherries

Cola Icing

1 cup Icing sugar

2 tbsp cola

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg, buttermilk, and vanilla in a second bowl. In a saucepan, boil the Coca-Cola, and cherry syrup gently for five minutes. Melt in the butter and cocoa powder. Pour into the dry ingredients, stir well with a wooden spoon, and then add the liquid ingredients, beating until everything is blended.

Pour into the cupcake pans and push a cherry into the center of each cupcake. Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

When cool drizzle over the Cola Icing and let dry. Top with cherry buttercream and a cherry.