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
I just made these today with Choc cake mix and diet coke! They were amazing and sooo easy I’ll never go bake to eggs and oil again! Thanks for the tip!!!!!
I made these today with choc. cake mix and diet pepsi! They were amazing,and sooo easy! Thanks for the tip!
Hello, grettings from Mexico, i’d like to know if i can make this recipe in a pie tin??? because i don’t have any cup cake tin, im not a cup cake person, but i wan’t so bad to enjoy this, so please answer me, your website is awosome! thanks!
I am not sure! DO you mean bake it like a whole cake instead of individual cupcakes?
Someone I follow on Pinterest had a pin to your site and I am so glad they did because you include so many great ideas in your blog with such wonderful humor that I truly relate to. Well done – keep it up! I’m going to subscribe right now!
Can you help me with a problem, our cake mix is differant in Australia, can i make the mix according to the packet, and where says milk, could i put the soda in,instead of the milk.
Cheers Ray
Can this be made into a Cake or only Cupcakes
If a Cake what Temp and Time
Thanks
I have only ever made it as cupcakes, but if you do decide to bake it as a cake, I would stick with 350° 🙂
I’ve made it both ways, cake and cupcakes. The cupcakes cook up nicer. The cake turns out too done on the outside edges and still a bit too gooey in the center. My favorite is white cake and cherry 7-up
This is my first time visiting this page and I wanted to let you know, my day has been made. As if cow tipping is the same, but children will be children. Thanks for the laughs.
Found your recipe. I have a diabetic grandson. Just made them. Made a bod of instant sugar free chocolate puddina and folding in cool whip. Pipe it on top. Not sure of the carb count but it can’t b much. Thanks!
Love this recipe but I have a question. When you say ‘cake mix’, should we literally just use the powdery cake mix or do we add all of the ingredients (eggs, vegetable oil, etc) to the mix?
just the dry mix 🙂 otherwise I will write something like, prepare according to package directions 🙂
seriously…. you crack me up!! i work a lot of overnights and could use the entertainment!! the task for this evening… find some low fat recipes for my sweet tooth, cause let’s face it… if you don’t feed the inner fat kid, she gets mad and that’s not good for anyone. one of my co-workers actually did a variation of this for the kiddos at work, but she didn’t tell me the exact directions so went i saw the link on pinterest i had to check it out. not only did i get the directions, i got a good laugh too!! thanks for the instructions and entertainement!! 🙂