Black & white cupcakes

Shirley Temple Cupcakes

For the cake...

1 c Sprite Zero

3/4 c sugar

1/3 c vegetable oil

1 1/3 c flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

Combine dry ingredients and set aside

Combine sugar oil and soda... whisk vigorously

Add dry ingredients into the liquid ingredients and combine well, being careful not to overbeat.

Pour into muffin pans lined with cupcake papers... fill only 3/4 way - leaving room for them to rise. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes and check to see if they are done

For the filling just combine a small amount of grenadine syrup & your favorite buttercream frosting. You don't want it too thin so add the grenadine in small amounts - you can always add more.

For the frosting, take a few maraschino cherries and dry them in the oven . Bake them until they are dry on a cookie sheet. Put them into a small food grinder and pulse them into a coarse grind. Combine this with Buttercream frosting and use it to frost your cupcakes.

Top with a maraschino cherry.
ENJOY!