These crazy simple Soda Can Cupcakes are made with just a can of soda and a box of cake mix. It’s like magic, especially when it hits your taste buds!
I am all about a shortcut and these cupcakes are the epitome of shortcuts!!
I while back I made this cake. It had 2 ingredients and was really delicious…So we’re gonna do that again today. All you need are 2 things…cake mix and a can of soda.
Seriously!
Why in the world would I ever use eggs and oil again?
I saw this idea on Pinterest, but apparently I forgot to Pin it and searching again and again I couldn’t find the source…but I did a quick google search and found that it’s all over, so I don’t feel so bad.
Soda Can Cupcakes.
Here’s what you need….
I used Funfetti and Cranberry Splash Sierra Mist. It made the cupcakes a pretty pink color. You couldn’t really taste the cranberry or the Sierra Mist at all. Maybe a stronger flavor soda would give more flavor. BUT it tasted like Funfetti cake, and that’s good with me!
**I know you are going to ask this…I don’t know if this works with diet soda. Well, I am sure it works, BUT after a few quick searches I saw some sites saying it is dangerous to heat up artificial sweeteners…So I don’t know. I mean, if I believed everything on the internet I would be transferring all my dollars into a Nigerian Bank account, chain emailing all my friends so I will have good luck and never drinking pop rocks with soda, which is actually fun and tasty. So with that said, I am not a scientist, I do not know if you will die a slow, painful death if you bake with diet coke…but I do know I am certainly not the person you should be asking about healthy food alternatives…so use your best discretion.
How to Make Soda Can Cupcakes
Pour a can of soda into your dry cake mix. Use room temperature soda please.
Using a whisk, mix your cake mix and soda until most of the lumps are gone.
I will look like this…
Fill your lined muffin tins about 1/2 – 2/3 full of batter. You won’t get 24 cupcakes like you would if you followed the instructions. I got about 17. The batter is a slightly thicker than regular cake mix batter.
After you’ve baked them you can see the texture…yum!
And now decorate them however you would like. I made a batch of buttercream and played around a bit.
Cute cupcakes always taste better, I’m pretty sure of it.
For more cute and soda filled cupcakes check out these soda filled cupcakes from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen…they are in a jar, which triple the cute factor!
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Soda Can Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These crazy simple Soda Can Cupcakes are made with just a can of soda and a box of cake mix. It’s like magic, especially when it hits your taste buds!
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix, any flavor
- 1 can room temperature soda, any flavor
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°
- Line muffin pan with liners.
- In a medium bowl combine your soda and cake mix, stirring with a whisk until most of the lumps are gone.
- Fill each liner 1/2-2/3 full of batter.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until cupcakes are springy and toothpicks comes out clean.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
Notes
You can use any flavor combination you would like. Coke or Dr. Pepper would be great in a chocolate cake mix. Orange Soda, Mountain Dew, Sprite, Root Beer would all be fun to try too.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 178
- Sugar: 18.9 g
- Sodium: 310.3 mg
- Fat: 3.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Bottoms up! And when we finally do get to meet we can go to the mall and watch people trip and fall and we can laugh together. 🙂
My five year old daughter just went “nom nom nom” to the computer screen. I guess we are making these this week 🙂
These sound fantastic! And so creative!
Well, you’re in good d-bag company it seems! I too find all of those things mentioned above, HILARIOUS! If we ever meet in a public restroom, and I have the padoodles, I’ll be sure to laugh right along with you!
Can’t wait to try these cupcakes!
Tupperware uses this recipe as one of their demos, but they don’t make it as cupcakes (it is cooked in the microwave in one of their products). I have made it several times with a chocolate cake and Coke Zero (all I had on hand). It is also really good with chocolate cake mix and cherry cola. I look forward to trying this actually baked in the oven.
These are great cakes for anyone on Weight Watchers. Using diet soda works just as well and the only thing you need to “count” is the cake mix. Combinations are endless. Yum!
What does it taste like? Does it taste like the usual cake mix cake? I grew up eating cake mix cakes and quite like them. Just curious.
Yes it tastes like a cake mix cake 🙂
Would you be able to use sparkling water for the same effect without additional sugars?
Just thought I’d let you know, I’ve done these with diet cream soda and diet orange soda (didn’t have any regular) and they were both FANtastic. 🙂
Didja die yet? LOL
I saw this on pinterest too, and I also did not pin it! So I’m glad you posted this to remind me of it.
I also laugh at the person in the bathroom who is having tummy troubles, you can tell that they are just dying waiting for someone to flush a toilet so no one will hear them. Poor tummy troubled person 🙁
I was in a stall next to a woman (I hope) who was making some really disgusting noises. I didn’t laugh at her; I just got out of the bathroom as fast as I could. I exited the building, went down the sidewalk outside the windows of the bathroom and heard a voice yelling, You didn’t wash your hands!
How fun – I would have never thought to do something cool like this! YUM!
Well as far as I can tell, you’re still a pretty good person. I mean, it’s not as though you’re scarfing down funnel cakes in front of starving children or anything.
But this is coming from someone who laughs when her son trips and falls, so….
(also, you can totally die from cooking diet soda, I would know. I’m actually a ghost)
Do you have to use the “pudding in the mix” type of cake mix?
You don’t have to, no!
I’ve heard there’s no such thing as an ugly cupcake. I tend to agree (especially since my piping skills leave much to be desired) and they all still disappeared.
hahah!! love that!