Rootbeer Float Cupcakes Recipes

ROOTBEER FLOAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
• Mix together cake mix with the root beer, extract, oil and eggs until well combined. Spoon batter into each paper liner, filling them about 2/3 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Cool completely.
• For the frosting, beat together all ingredients using an electric mixer until smooth. Pipe onto cupcakes. Top with a cherry and garnish with a straw, if desired.

ROOT BEER FLOAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
• Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or in a bowl with a hand mixer, until light and fluffy.
• In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the butter and sugar mixture, alternating with milk and root beer. Add root beer extract and mix until just blended. The batter will be thick.
• In a separate large bowl, whisk egg whites with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
• Gently fold whipped egg whites into the batter until fully combined.
• Divide batter evenly among paper liners in prepared pan, filling each about 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake for about 16-18 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. After cooling in the pan for a few minutes, move cupcakes to wire rack to cool completely.
• Fill a pastry bag with whipped cream frosting and pipe frosting around cupcake. If you don't have any pastry bags, you can use a ziplock bag with the corner cut off for easy piping.
• Drizzle root beer syrup over cupcakes and top with maraschino cherries.

ROOT BEER FLOAT CUPCAKES & FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*F
• Prepare cupcake pans with paper liners.
• In a bowl mix cake mix, flour, sugar and salt.
• Slowly add root beer and blend.
• Add vegetable oil and root beer extract and blend well.
• Add sour cream and eggs. Blend. Scrape sides of the bowl and blend again.
• Scoop batter into cupcake liners, filling them 3/4 full.
• Bake for 16 - 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then move to a cooling rack.
• Once cupcakes are cool, whip heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar together.
• Place whipped cream into a piping bag with a metal tip.
• Holding the metal tip with one hand, and the top of the piping bag with the other hand, stick the tip into the center of a cupcake and squeeze. Cupcake will expand slightly. Remove tip and repeat for all cupcakes.
• Once all cupcakes are filled, top with Root Beer Buttercream Frosting.
• To make frosting, beat butter until silky smooth.
• Add powdered sugar 1 cup at at time blending well between each addition (total of 3 cups).
• Add extract and heavy whipping cream and mix well. Scrape sides of bowl as needed.
• If root beer buttercream is too thick, add additional heavy whipping cream (1 Tablespoon at a time) until desired consistency.
• Pipe onto cupcakes and top with a root beer barrel candy.

ROOT BEER FLOAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, line twenty four 2-1/2-inch muffin cups with paper liners. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating on medium speed until combined. Scrape sides of bowl; beat on medium speed about 2 minutes more or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in root beer extract and vanilla. Alternately add flour mixture and root beer to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each two-thirds to three-fourths full. Use the back of a spoon to smooth out batter in cups.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely on wire racks.
• Pipe or spread Float Frosting over cupcakes. If desired, top each cupcake with a root beer-flavor candy and a straw half. Makes 24 (2-1/2-inch) cupcakes. Float Frosting
• Allow butter to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Allow ice cream to stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in 1/2 cup of the ice cream and the vanilla. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. If necessary, stir in enough of the remaining ice cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, to make frosting piping or spreading consistency.

ROOT BEER FLOAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Stand ice cream cones in muffin pans. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add granulated sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping bowl occasionally. Beat 2 minutes longer. Add whole eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third a time, and 2/3 cup root beer, about half at a time, beating just until blended.
• Divide batter evenly among ice cream cones, filling each with scant 1/4 cup batter.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cones from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In heavy 3-quart saucepan, mix all frosting ingredients except vanilla. Beat with electric mixer on high speed 1 minute, scraping pan constantly. Place over low heat. Beat on high speed about 10 minutes or until stiff peaks form; remove from heat. Add vanilla. Beat on high speed 2 minutes or until fluffy.
• Frost cupcakes; decorate with root beer candies. Cut about 4 inches off bottom of each straw; discard. Poke 2 straws into each cupcake.

ROOT BEER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and allspice; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with root beer, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., Just before serving, combine whipped topping and crushed candies; frost cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers.

ROOT BEER FLOAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*. Line 24 muffin cups with paper baking cups. Combine cake mix, root beer, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.
• Bake cupcakes until toothpick inserted in centers come out clean, 20-30 minutes. Cool in pan for 3 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan; place on wire racks to cool completely.
• Combine frosting and whipped topping in a small bowl; stir gently to mix. Spread frosting mixture on top of cooled cupcakes.
• Sprinkle crushed candy evenly on top of frosted cupcakes.