Root Beer Soda Pop Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

1 spice cake mix, Betty Crocker or equal
oil and eggs as called for on the package instructions
root beer soda pop, not diet
root beer flavor
color as desired
Bavarian cream pastry filling or other filling
1 buttercream frosting mix or recipe
orange color

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the cake mix according to package instructions but substituting orange pop for the water. Add one teaspoon or more root beer flavoring.

Fill cupcake liners in a muffin pan and bake as directed.
To fill your cupcakes, clip the corner of a bag of pastry filling and insert the open corner into the top of each cupcake. Squeeze until you feel the cupcake bulging but before it splits. For other fillings, use a filling injector or fill a pastry bag and use a star or elongated tip to fill the cupcakes.

Make the frosting adding color and flavor as desired. Make the frosting and frost the tops of the cupcakes covering the holes.