Name: Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 box French Vanilla Cake Mix; 1 ounce package vanilla pudding mix 3 1/2; 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt; 2 eggs; 1 cup of root beer; 1 teaspoon root beer extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 4 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 cup butter softened; 1 tablespoon heavy cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon root beer extract

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Root Beer Float Cupcakes are cake mix cupcakes with sweet root beer flavoring. The creamy frosting on this root beer float cupcake really makes it the best cupcake recipe.

Cake mix cupcakes

Cake mix cupcakes are what you consider semi-homemade. Why semi-homemade? It is because instead of using flour, sugar, baking soda, and such to make the cupcake from scratch, you’re using a cake mix for a shortcut.

There is nothing wrong with cake mix cupcakes. In fact, I like doctoring the cake mix by adding pudding mix to it for a moist cupcake.

Cake mix can be a real blessing to use for a cupcake recipe. Especially when you are short on time.

Best cupcake recipes

What would you consider the best cupcake recipes? For me, it is about cupcake moistness. That is why I add pudding and yogurt to the cake mix. When the cupcake is moist and melts in your mouth, that is one of the best cupcake recipes I have enjoyed.

I really wanted to make a fun cupcake, and I thought what is something fun, foodwise. Then the answer came a root beer float.

How to make a root beer float

How to make a root beer float? It is actually a very simple recipe you just need:

ice cream
root beer

Put ice cream in a glass and pour in the root beer and enjoy. So how can I translate the root beer float into a cupcake recipe? Since I am doctoring a cupcake recipe, why not switch the water for root beer?

Creamy frosting

To give this easy cupcake recipe that creamy root beer float tastes you need a good creamy frosting. The cupcake is the root beer, whereas a creamy frosting is like ice cream. Put them together and you have a root beer float cupcake.

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Yield: 12 cupcakes