This month I picked cherry coke as my ingredient. Inspired by black forest gateaux, I've created a chocolate and cherry coke cupcake with kirch frosting. The soda gives the cake a moist but light texture with a hint of cherry.
To make the cupcake:
Melt 125g of butter and 150ml cherry coke together in a pan. Take off the heat then add 125g self raising flour, 150g caster sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa, a splash of milk, about 30ml kirch and an egg and milk thoroughly. Put into cupcake cases and bake for about 8 minutes at 200C.
For the frosting:
Beat 75g of butter and 175g of icing sugar together. Add a little kirch to taste and mix in well.
This month I'm competing to win the following:
Our April ETSY PRIZE-PACK is from artists:
* A creation by FRUITFLYPIE, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=16748
* a pair of cupcake earrings from LOTS OF SPRINKLES at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6057281.
* a sweet surprise from Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Cupcakery, http://www.acupcakery.com/
* PLUS, IronCupcake:Earth can not forget our good friend, CAKESPY, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5243382, who is now going to be doing a piece for our winner each month until further notice - sweet!
Last and certainly not least, don’t forget our corporate prize providers: HEAD CHEFS by FIESTA PRODUCTS, http://www.fiestaproducts.com, HELLO CUPCAKE by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, http://blog.hellocupcakebook.com, JESSIE STEELE APRONS http://www.jessiesteele.com; TASTE OF HOME books, http://www.tasteofhome.com; a t-shirt from UPWITHCUPCAKES.COM http://www.upwithcupcakes.com/. Iron Cupcake:Earth is sponsored in part by 1-800-Flowers, http://www.1800flowers.com .
