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 have made many cakes with cake mix and diet soda and they turn out great!! My favorites are lemon cake made with diet ginger ale or diet 7up and strawberry cake Made with diet strawberry soda, then frost with sugar free/fat free cool whip and it’s a delicious dessert without the calories and fat!!
This sounds so cool! Wish I had a can of soda and cake mix right now.
About the use of diet soda –
In my area there is a warning on the labels of some diet drinks to not cook with it, so I guess if the company suggests it, you don’t want to do it 🙂
I found your image here: http://crazyfood.net/the-34-simple-two-ingredient-recipes where I’m guessing they fidn’t have permission to use it.
(Also FYI: the watermark works! Although that site cut it off, the watermark is what ultimately enabled me to track it back to here.)
I had a last minute request for lemon cupcakes and went looking on Pinterest for an EASY recipe. I decided yours was the easiest and looked like fun. I made two batches… one lemon cake mix with lemon-lime soda topped with buttercream frosting and dusted with crushed Lemonheads. The other was lemon cake mix with Squirt (lemon-grapefruit soda) and lemon frosting dusted with raw white sugar. They are both fantastic and will be scarfed up by the big crowd that has gathered. Thanks for the great idea!
Awesome!!
It doesn’t specify the size of the cake mix box. I’m confused.
Just a regular cake mix
Really love the idea of how easy these are. I made some last night and they looked like they were rising in the oven. However, when I took them out to cool they deflated and were very flat, looked like they shrunk so that only half the liner was filled, and also my liners came loose from them. Any ideas on what I may have done wrong or what I could do to avoid this next time??
Do you still have to use eggs and oil like it says to on box?
nope, just soda and the dry mix!
Shelly, this is crazy cool.
I can’t wait to try it!
Love the idea, I’m going to try it in a few hours for my daughters birthday. I’m trying the High heeled cupcakes, wish me luck
PS.
I say things like that at Target too 🙂
OK, the only comment I will make (besides this is a dynamite recipe and well worth making) is about the artificial sweetener in soda.
It is not dangerous to heat up, Most are sold in powder for to use in baking!
Aspartame must be avoided by people with the genetic condition phenylketonuria (PKU). If you are prone to headaches avoid diet sodas (or anything ‘diet’) that have aspartame in it.
It has been linked to headaches, especially in children. I am 57 years old and have had headaches and migraines since the mid 80’s. Just 6 months ago, after a trip int ER for the 5th time in 4 weeks, One doctor finally linked it to the diet soda. I sopped using it right away and have not had a headache since.