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If you love Dr Pepper, you’ll loves these cupcakes!

Dr Pepper Cupcakes Recipe

Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper too?

Remember that Dr Pepper commercial from the late 70’s, early 80’s? Quite the catchy little tune, wasn’t it? That commercial and my favorite beverage, Dr Pepper, was the inspiration for the Dr Pepper cake I made yesterday. I had made the pumpkin roll for my husbands birthday, but was being kind of selfish and didn’t want to waste something so delicious on the younger crowd of kids that would be attending his little party last night. The cake roll was for the adults…. cupcakes, I decided, for the kids.

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I remember making a Coca Cola cake once and thought that the flavor was slightly unique. I began to wonder if I could do something similar but exchange Dr Pepper for the Coke. Since I’m not confident enough to create baking recipes from scratch, I decided to do a little search on Recipezaar to see what I could find in terms of a Dr Pepper cupcake. Lo and behold, there was such a thing… the Dr Pepper cake. It seemed simple enough and I knew that since it was chocolate, the kiddos would enjoy it.

These cupcakes have a rich chocolate flavor with a hint of spice, which I’m assuming comes from the Dr Pepper. The frosting was a bit sweet, but it didn’t keep anyone from scarfing them down at the birthday party.

Even though I didn’t create this recipe, I did make a few minor adaptations (reduced the amount of sugar, added a bit of grape juice) I’m submitting this post and picture to the Cupcake Roundup being held by Garrett of Vanilla Garlic and by Chokylit of Cupcake Bakeshop. Cupcakes are one of my favorite treats… I can’t wait to see the gallery of yummy creations this round up is sure to create.

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Dr. Pepper Cupcakes

If you love Dr. Pepper, you'll absolutely love this cake!
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Servings 24 cupcakes
Author Dine & Dish

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup Dr. Pepper cola
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ⁄2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 1 ⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ICING:
  • 1 ⁄4 cup butter
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • chopped nuts
  • 1 ⁄4 cup Dr. Pepper cola
  • 1 box powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Heat 1 Cup of butter and Dr Pepper.
  • Add the cocoa, cinnamon, flour and sugar to the butter mixture.
  • Mix the eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla and add to the rest of the mixture.
  • Pour into prepared lined cupcake pans
  • Bake 22 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • DR PEPPER ICING:
  • Heat butter, Dr Pepper and cocoa stirring until well blended.
  • Stir in remaining ingredients.
  • Frost cake.

 

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  1. Rachel says

    I bet the spicy dr. pepper added great flavor!

    One time I made a Coca-Cola ham. Fill the pot up with a liter or two of coke, put the ham in and boil. It was awesome!

  2. Lydia says

    I haven’t thought about Dr. Pepper in years! I used to love Diet Dr. Pepper, but I don’t remember ever cooking with it. These cupcakes sound delicious!

  8. Claire says

    Hmmm…my dad would like this. His favorite cake is chocolate on chocolate and his favorite coke is Dr. Pepper. May have to try this out on him. I don’t like DP, however, so don’t think I’d like it. I LOVE cooking for those I love, so this will be fun!

  14. VeuveClicquot says

    Dr. pepper!! wow. I never thought of that. I once made a sprite lemon cake and have heard of the choco coke cake, but never Dr. Pepper. That’s brilliant!

  15. Patricia Scarpin says

    Kristen,
    I had to google Dr. Pepper, since it was never marketed here in Brazil.
    I remember when I was a kid – back in the 80’s – and it was very common to bake cakes with Coca-Cola and even Fanta. Oh, and since here it’s very common to drink "Guaraná", people baked cakes with it too.

    These cupcakes must be delicious! And I bet the kids didn’t find the icing too sweet… 😀

  17. rob says

    I have a confession to make: I am a Dr. Pepper addict, of the diet variety, however. Nonetheless, a Dr. Pepper cupcake sounds awesome! That is definitely something I’m going to have to try.

  19. sher says

    I’m from the South where Coke and Dr. Pepper are seen as legitimate cooking ingredients–so I know these cupcakes are as delicious as they look!

  20. McAuliflower says

    Mmmm, I’ve been meaning to boil down some soda to make syrup of it. Great inspiration!

    I’ve heard stories of Dr. Pepper and Root beer Creme Brulees 🙂

  23. Glenna says

    Fantastic! I’m glad you tried that. I’ve been wanting to. I remember seeing a recipe for the Coke cake and then also a Mountain Dew cake that I thought my nieces would think was very cool. The cupcakes are adorable!