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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Cupcake Recipes

    Root Beer Float Cupcakes

    Published: Nov 30, 2015 Last updated: Nov 30, 2020 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    A cupcake made with a cake mix and root beer topped with a root beer flavorite frosting.
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    Root Beer Float Cupcakes
    An easy recipe for cupcakes made with a chocolate cake mix and A&W TEN®, frosted with a root beer flavored buttercream. Only six ingredients make up this lovely Root Beer Float Cupcake.Root Beer Float Cupcake feature 1

    What is your perfect holiday moment? Mine is to have both of my children home for the holidays. When you don't live close by it makes it even more special. This year I am going to be the lucky mom who has both of her children in the same room at the same time for the holidays. I'm so happy that we can all be together again, even if it will be for just a short time. It's time to celebrate, its time for cupcakes!

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. All opinions are my own. #BrighTENtheSeason

    Rootbeer Float Cupcake

    Why Root Beer Float Cupcakes for the holidays? When I was a young girl I loved Root Beer Floats. I loved the way the root beer would freeze slightly around the vanilla ice cream and I remember loving to eat that part of the float in particular. I also loved chocolate cake. In particular, my Nanny's Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake. It would always be my birthday request from Nanny or Mom as my birthday cake. This year we will be celebrating not only the holidays, but will be celebrating my youngest son's birthday which happens to be December 26th! We are a cupcake loving family, so to me, creating the perfect holiday moment combined with memories and treats is what mom needs most.

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    I decided to give the cupcakes a trial run to see how they would turn out and to see if that Root Beer flavor would come through in the cake (which it did!). I put my cake mix, 2 egg whites, and 1-12 ounce can of A&W TEN® into a mixing bowl.

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    Using my hand mixer on medium speed, I blended the ingredients together until they were smooth.

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    I used my large cookie scoop to place the batter in the cupcake liners. If you don't have a large cookie scoop, you can measure about ¼ cup of batter into each liner. I needed two cupcake tins as recipe was going to yield 24 cupcakes! I baked the cupcakes at 350 for 20 minutes, then set them out to cool.

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    While they were cooling, I put together the buttercream frosting. I needed some A&W TEN®, confectioner's sugar, and unsalted butter.

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    I mixed the frosting ingredients together and frosted the cool cupcakes, then decorated with a maraschino cherry. I always loved to have a cherry on top of my Root Beer Float!

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    Root Beer Float Cupcakes
    Root Beer Float Cupcakes

    Root Beer Float Cupcakes

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    A cupcake made with a cake mix and root beer topped with a root beer flavorite frosting.
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24
    Calories 148 kcal

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Ingredients
      

    For the cake:

    • 1-18.25 ounce box of chocolate cake mix
    • 2 egg whites
    • 1 can 12 oz A&W TEN®

    For the frosting:

    • 3 cups confectioners sugar
    • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
    • ¼ cup A&W TEN® more if needed for correct consistency

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two cupcake tins with paper liners.
    • In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, egg whites, and A&W TEN® until batter is smooth.
    • Scoop about ¼ cup of batter into each cupcake
      liner. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes, or until cake bounces back when
      lightly touched with the tip of your finger.
    • Remove from oven and let cool.
    • To make the frosting, mix together 1 cup of
      powdered sugar and butter. Add remaining sugar and A&W TEN® and stir until combined.
    • Add more Root Beer or confectioners sugar as needed to get desired frosting consistency. Be sure the frosting is not too soft. You want it
      to be easy to pipe or spread, but not so soft it will be runny.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 148kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 1gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 180mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22g
    Keyword Rootbeer Float Cupcakes
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    Comments

    1. Alice Stoughtenger

      December 10, 2015 at 5:41 pm

      Can i use a cake mix other than chocolate? May i use a 9x17 glass baking dish instead?

      Reply
      • Shelby

        December 10, 2015 at 7:54 pm

        Hi Alice, yes you can use whatever flavor cake mix you like and if you prefer to make a cake rather than cupcakes a 9x13 would work best. Glass is fine.

        Reply
    2. Rosalie Reber

      December 07, 2015 at 1:55 pm

      I use diet Squirt soda with cherry diet Jello. F cool Whip, cherry, mini marshmallow for CHRISTMAS.

      Reply
    3. Erica (@Erica's Recipes)

      December 05, 2015 at 8:10 pm

      Shelby you clever clever girl. How did you think to add root beer to cake mix?? This is genius and your cupcakes look absolutely delicious.

      Reply
    4. DIANE

      December 04, 2015 at 6:50 pm

      FOR THE FROSTING DO YOU USE THE ROOTBEER OR THE 7UP. IT SEEMS TO ME THE ROOTBEER WOULD DARKEN THE ICING.

      Reply
      • Shelby

        December 05, 2015 at 4:27 pm

        I used the Root Beer in the icing. It did not change the color of the icing 🙂

        Reply
    5. Karen Goettel

      December 04, 2015 at 3:29 pm

      Looks really good. Root beer has been one of my favorite drinks since I was a young girl.

      Reply
    6. Serena | Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch

      December 01, 2015 at 11:27 pm

      These look amazing! I can't wait to try them!

      Reply
    7. Sandra - The Foodie Affair

      December 01, 2015 at 10:08 pm

      Root Beer is my son's favorite soda so I bet he would love these cupcakes! Love how you doubled up the flavor by adding Root Beer in the frosting too!

      Reply
    8. Renee@Renee's Kitchen Adventures

      December 01, 2015 at 9:48 pm

      These look perfect and yummy!! I love rootbeer too!

      Reply
    9. Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads

      December 01, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      This is such a great cupcake idea! We love rootbeer floats, so I'm sure we'd love this too!

      Reply
    10. Nora

      December 01, 2015 at 10:48 am

      These look delicious! I'm so glad to hear that the root beer flavor comes through without additional extracts, I'm definitely going to have to give these a try! I love the idea of adding more root beer to the frosting 🙂

      Reply
      • Shelby

        December 04, 2015 at 6:05 am

        They really are a yummy cupcake Nora! Hope you enjoy them!

        Reply
    11. Christie

      December 01, 2015 at 7:47 am

      I didn't even know there was A&W 10. What a fun cupcake.

      Reply
    12. David @ Spiced

      November 30, 2015 at 9:08 am

      I love root beer floats! But I've never thought about making a root beer float cupcake. Love this idea...thanks for sharing! #client

      Reply

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