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Root Beer Float Cupcakes

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Root Beer Float Cupcakes are a great way to celebrate summer! Featuring root beer flavored cake and root beer buttercream frosting complete with a paper straw!

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

I’ve heard that many of your kids have already started school! We still have two weeks of summer vacation and after several weeks of cooler weather, the hot temps have returned. We will be spending the last couple of weeks at the lake or in air conditioning! We started our back-to-school shopping this week but haven’t even gotten through the clothing part of things. We need to get all of the school supplies before the back-to-school open house so we will be spending time in air conditioned stores. When we aren’t shopping we are going to need ice cream and root beer floats to help keep us cool. These Root Beer Float Cupcakes are the perfect treat to eat alongside a root beer float!

Scoop Icing Onto Cupcake

I made the cupcakes using a cake mix, a can of root beer and root beer flavored oil. I use LorAnn Root Beer flavored oil that I bought from Hobby Lobby. The root beer buttercream frosting is made with butter, shortening, powdered sugar, heavy cream, root beer flavored oil, vanilla extract and marshmallow cream. I stored the frosting in the fridge while the cupcakes cooled so that it could harden. After allowing the cupcakes to cool, I put scoops of root beer flavored buttercream on them so that it looks like scoops of ice cream.

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

I cut striped paper straws in thirds and stuck one in each scoop of frosting to make it look more like a root beer float.

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

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Course: Dessert
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 24
Author: The Gunny Sack

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 1 white cake mix
  • 1 can root beer
  • 1/2 tsp root beer flavored oil

Root Beer Float Buttercream

  • 1 cup butter - softened
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 tsp root beer flavored oil
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 8 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup marshmallow cream

Instructions

Cupcakes

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Mix together cake mix, pop and root beer flavored oil.
  • Fill muffin cups 2/3 of the way and bake for 18-23 minutes.
  • Allow cupcakes to cool before adding a scoop of root beer float buttercream.

Root Beer Float Buttercream

  • Beat butter, shortening, root beer flavored oil and vanilla until creamy.
  • Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating at low speed until well blended.
  • Add heavy cream and marshmallow cream beat until light and fluffy.

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Comments

  1. Jen Nikolaus says

    August 22, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    These are so cute and so fun! What a great summer (or anytime!) treat! Love it!

    Reply
  2. Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says

    August 22, 2013 at 7:48 am

    SO cute, Tonia! I love the little scoop of frosting and the straw….they make all the difference!!

    Reply
  3. Renee @ Awesome on $20 says

    August 22, 2013 at 1:31 am

    These cupcakes are so cute. I love root beer floats, but they’re so sweet. I don’t think I could handle both at the same time. I could really give it a try, though.

    Reply
  4. Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says

    August 21, 2013 at 8:12 am

    Oh awesome! I love the idea of topping off the cupcake with ice cream! Totally going to do that 🙂

    Reply
    • Tonia says

      August 21, 2013 at 12:19 pm

      Thanks Lyuba! It is actually root beer buttercream that is scooped to look like ice cream, but you are right! Putting a scoop of ice cream on a cupcake would be delicious too!

      Reply
  5. Vanessa says

    August 19, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Those look delicious. I’m going to have to make these. My son goes back to school next week. This summer just flew by!

    Reply
  6. Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says

    August 19, 2013 at 11:07 am

    i LOVE frosting my cupcakes with cookie scoops. Also love these cupcakes and the straws coming out to seal the deal on them being floats.

    Reply
  7. Anna Bennett says

    August 19, 2013 at 9:11 am

    Tonia, it looks & sounds really good & my family as well as friends like Root Beer.
    I wish that I could handle it,but I can’t.
    To make a long story short,to many Root Beer Floats in one day.
    I will Post it on Face Book tho.

    Reply
  8. Jennifer says

    August 19, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Sounds heavenly! Root beer floats always bring me back to my childhood. I never tried it in cupcake form though. Must change that soon!

    Reply

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