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I am so excited to share this next recipe with you! It’s a famous Rootbeer Float Cupcake recipe that is SUPER popular! These cupcakes are delicious and pretty easy to make. They have a special root beer flavored icing to make them even better. Seriously, they taste just like a creamy, root beer float. Enjoy!
Root Beer Float Cupcakes
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened (8 tbsp. butter or 1/2 cup)
- 2 C all-purpose flour
- 1 T baking powder
- 1/2 t fine salt
- 1 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C whole milk
1/2 Cup Mug Root Beer
Directions for cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare your cupcake pan with cupcake tins that you desire. Set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl, set aside. Beat together butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium speed until combined. Add eggs and beat well, scrap the bowl when needed. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture, beat until combined. Add milk and the mug root beer and beat blended.
- Use a ice cream scooper or a big spoon and portion batter evenly into the cupcake tins.
- Bake in the oven for 18 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
- When baked, set aside and let them cool while you prepare the icing.
Rootbeer butter cream frosting:
- 3 C confectioners’ sugar
- 1 C butter
- 1 T of Mug Root Beer
- 1 T whipping cream
Directions for Icing:
- In a mixer, using the whisk attachment, mix together sugar and butter. Mix on low speed until blended and then increase speed to medium beat for 3 more minutes.
- Add the root beer and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for a few more minutes. Add in more powder sugar if necessary.
- Garnish with Root Beer candy.
Brenda says
April 12, 2015 at 8:54 pmThis sounds yummy! I have never seen rootbeer cupcakes. I am pinning it for later.
Ashley says
April 13, 2015 at 2:08 pmHi there! Visiting from Mix It Up Monday. Yum, the idea of a root beer float cupcake sounds delicious! Thanks so muh for sharing! PInned!
Kim says
April 14, 2015 at 5:26 pmI love root beer floats and I love cupcakes…looking forward to trying the two together. Thanks for sharing.
Carrie Gronemanc says
April 14, 2015 at 7:20 pmOh manzo, this is GREAT! I love that the cupcakes are made from scratch and the flavors can’t be beat. Thanks for linking up at the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
Diane Roark says
April 15, 2015 at 7:13 amThank you for linking up to Wonderful Wed. blog hop. I pinned these delicious looking Root beer cupcakes. YUM!
Blessings,
Diane Roark
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Miz Helen says
April 17, 2015 at 7:50 amThanks so much for sharing these awesome Root Beer Float Cupcakes with Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Erin @ Making Memories says
April 17, 2015 at 12:29 pmOh my gosh! I love Root beer and your cupcakes look wonderful!
Amanda @ The Chunky Chef says
April 17, 2015 at 1:25 pmOh wow, now these… I HAVE to try 😀 😀 Thank you for sharing with Friday Favorites, we love having you join us!
Reelika @Financially Wise On Heels says
April 18, 2015 at 12:16 pmWow, just amazing, I want to try these out myself 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
Britta Lafont says
April 21, 2015 at 5:30 pmMy little dude would love these! Thanks for sharing the recipe. This week I curated “fun foods” for the Family Fun Friday Linky party—and YOUR recipe will be a featured post. Please stop by brittalafont.com (food hostess) to grab your “I was featured” button and link up again after Thursday at 1 pm, PDT. 🙂
Shannon says
September 13, 2015 at 4:43 pmHow many cupcakes will this recipe make?
Chrissy says
September 16, 2015 at 12:59 pmThis is an awesome idea!
I’m thinking of trying this with some of that Not Your Father’s Rootbeer, it’s an alcoholic rootbeer. They make beer cupcakes too, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work!