Day 11 of 12 Christmas Countdown: Chocolate Coca-Cola Sundae Cupcakes

Happy Christmas Eve everyone! Hope guys had the chance for your last minute Christmas shopping today before everything closed! Sadly, I did not get a chance to get an early present of an Anastasia Musical Box at the store Things Remembered. Even though I am only 14 years old, I have always wanted an ancient, yet dazzling jewelry box so I could cherish all of my jewelry in. Maybe after Christmas, if the store restocked all of their items, I could get a chance to buy one and probably hand it to my future grandchild when the time comes :) (imagination is overpowering me haha) Anyways, hope everyone will have a great time and Happy Holidays! Follow me on this blog for more blog updates and please leave a comment is desired. Enjoy! :)

(Makes 12 cupcakes)

1 1/2 Cups flour
3/4 Cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
1/2 Cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 Tbs cocoa powder
3/4 Cup Coca-Cola
1/4 cup maraschino cherry syrup
24 maraschino cherries
whipped cream frosting
ice-cream chocolate shell

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.

2. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg, buttermilk, and vanilla in a second bowl. In a saucepan, boil the Coca-Cola, and cherry syrup gently for five minutes. Melt in the butter and cocoa powder.

3. Pour into the dry ingredients, stir well with a wooden spoon, and then add the liquid ingredients, beating until everything is blended. DO NOT OVER MIX.

4. Pour into the cupcake pans and push a cherry into the center of each cupcake. Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

5. When cool frost with whipped cream. Drizzle on chocolate glaze and top with a maraschino cherry.