Soda pop, because of the carbonation, adds leavening to a cake or cupcakes. It also adds flavor and moisture. And they’re fun, always bound to be a point of conversion at the party or gathering.
You can use our soda pop cake recipes and make cupcakes or you can use boxed cake mixes from the store. Here is how to make soda pop cupcakes using boxed cake mixes.
Orange Crush Soda Pop Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 white cake mix, Betty Crocker or equal
- oil and eggs as called for on the package instructions
- Orange Crush or other orange soda pop, not diet
- orange flavor
- Bavarian cream pastry filling or other filling
- 1 buttercream frosting mix or recipe
- orange color
Directions
- Mix the cake mix according to package instructions but substituting orange pop for the water. Add one teaspoon or more orange flavoring. (The pop will tint the batter orange.)
- Fill cupcake liners in a muffin pan and bake as directed.
- To fill your cupcakes, clip the corner of a bag of pastry filling and insert the open corner into the top of each cupcake. Squeeze until you feel the cupcake bulging but before it splits. For other fillings, use a filling injector or fill a pastry bag and use a star or elongated tip to fill the cupcakes.
- Make the frosting adding orange color and orange flavor as desired. Frost the tops of the cupcakes covering the holes.
Root Beer Soda Pop Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 spice cake mix, Betty Crocker or equal
- oil and eggs as called for on the package instructions
- root beer soda pop, not diet
- root beer flavor
- color as desired
- 1 buttercream frosting mix or recipe
- Bavarian cream pastry filling or other filling
Directions
- Mix the cake mix according to package instructions but substituting orange pop for the water. Add one teaspoon or more root beer flavoring.
- Fill cupcake liners in a muffin pan and bake as directed.
- To fill your cupcakes, clip the corner of a bag of pastry filling and insert the open corner into the top of each cupcake. Squeeze until you feel the cupcake bulging but before it splits. For other fillings, use a filling injector or fill a pastry bag and use a star or elongated tip to fill the cupcakes.
- Make the frosting adding color and flavor as desired. Make the frosting and frost the tops of the cupcakes covering the holes.
