Thursday, November 12, 2009

Root Beer Float Cupcake

Mmm....root beer floats. Whenever summer rolls around you can bet your sweet bippy that I'm thinking about root beer floats.

This past summer I started thinking about trying to recreate that taste in cupcake form. I poked around online looking for a recipe, but the ones I found called for root beer extract. I didn't have any of that handy and I certainly couldn't find it at my local grocery store.

Then, I was lucky enough to receive a wonderful gift certificate to the online shop, Bake It Pretty for my birthday. And whaddaya know? They sell root beer extract!

Last Saturday my schedule had some free time so I got out my extract and started baking!

The recipe I used called for both root beer and the extract. The extract I had was for candy flavoring- a little goes a long way with the candy extract. Instead of using the full two teaspons of extract I used a few drops.

While making the SMBC, I also added a few drops of the extract.

These cupcakes are super moist and while they may not taste exactly like root beer floats, they certainly get the idea across.

3 comments:

Brewfus said...

They taste just like summer evenings at my grandparents' cottage! Yummy....

Bead Up said...

omg that's so stinkin' cute!

btw thanks for your comment on my blog :)

Danger Kitten said...

OMG! I LOVE the little straw in the top. What a clever decoration. Also, the idea of a root beer float cupcake is just so wonderful!