Root Beer Cupcakes

May 16th, 2008 by justJENN

I have been toying with this recipe for some time. I wanted to get THE most root beer flavor possible. This is pretty root beer-y, from the cake to the frosting. But nothing beats a good old icy cold root beer. Yum.

ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup finely crushed root beer barrel candies
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup root beer

Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter
4 Tablespoons root beer
1 teaspoon root beer flavoring
finely crushed root beer candy for the tops

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Line cupcake pan with liners.

In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time until well incorporated. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl, and add slowly to the butter mixture. Mix well.

Fill cupcake liners, and bake for 18-22 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

While they are cooling, start the frosting by mixing the butter and the powdered sugar. Add the root beer slowly, it will foam up quickly. Mix in the flavoring, until everything is combined and fluffy.

Frost the cupcakes and top with crushed root beer candies. Don’t do what I did, seeing as how I love those candies I made them TOO big, leaving giant boulder toothbreakers on top of the cakes. No, no, grind them up. Also don’t add them until you’re going to serve them, as they melt into the icing and do not look all that pleasant.

They look even cuter if you ‘dress them up’ with a small straw and spoon. Like little root beer floats. DELICIOUS.