Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1½ cup cola (don’t use diet)
- 3 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 Tbsp. cola
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- 6 Tbsp. powdered sugar
- Garnish: Maraschino cherries
Instructions
Cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare muffin pans with liners or cooking spray. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa in a bowl and set aside.
In a mixing bowl combine sugar and butter. Beat on medium-high speed until light and creamy. Mix in the eggs one at a time, beating about 1 minute after each.
In a small bowl, combine buttermilk, cola, and vanilla extract.
Add the dry ingredient mixture to the butter mixture in 4 parts, alternating with the cola mixture. (Begin with the dry mixture.) Beat each addition just until incorporated.
Use a cookie scoop to transfer the batter to the muffin tins, filling each cup about 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the tops spring back when touched lightly and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool about 5 minutes in the pan; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Once cooled, cut out a cone shape in the middle of each cupcake. Add a spoonful of the cherry pie filling into the well.
Glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and cola. Drizzle over the cupcakes. (The mixture should run slowly off a spoon, so it won’t make a mess of things.)
Icing: Beat the cream in a chilled bowl with a whisk attachment (or use a hand mixer on slow speed). Begin adding sugar, 1 Tbsp. at a time, increasing speed as the cream comes together. Whip the cream until it holds stiff peaks. Pipe the whipped cream onto the cupcakes as desired and garnish with a Maraschino cherry.
Notes
Equipment needed: Measuring cups and spoons, Mixing bowls, Electric mixer.