Well BS’ers it looks like I’ve been challenged to another ‘Iron Chef’ recipe – to make Dr. Pepper flavoured cupcakes for a pregnant lady at work whose had non-stop cravings for DP. So L, these cupcakes are for you and the soon-to-be-Dr.Pepper’s-Number-One-Fan. All the best in the last few days of your pregnancy and can’t wait to meet the little turk! Let’s get to the recipe….
For the cake batter, I once again went back to the reliable Saucy Sprinkle’s basic cupcake recipe, but this time, substituted Dr. Pepper for the water:
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix
- 1/2 cup of melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup of Dr. Pepper
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1 kg bag+ of Icing Sugar
- 2 tbsp Dr. Pepper
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp Maraschino cherry juice
- dashes/to taste: finely, finely, finely, finely ground pepper
- dashes/to taste: nutmeg
- dashes/to taste: ginger
- dashes/to taste: grated liquorice pipes
- dashes/to taste: lemon juice
- dashes/to taste: apple flavouring
- Dr. Pepper Reduction (bring 2 cups of Dr.Pepper and 1 cup of sugar to boil and reduce to a simmer for 30 minutes) – add to taste
**UPDATE** It seems that some people are having trouble with the reduction (they can be tricky!), when you are making your icing, and have completed the reduction, carefully add it into the icing. If you add too much, your icing may end up being too runny, so slowly add, and stop once you have reached your desired consistency. Drizzle the rest of the reduction over your cupcakes like in the photos! If the reduction scares you, it’s perfectly okay to omit it, the cupcakes will still taste awesome!
I am so sad my reduction didnt come out very well. I think I boiled it for way too long. I let it simmer and when I thought it was done before I could even move it over to the frosting it turned as hard a rock candy! Plus it also tasted very very bitter. I think I boiled all of the flavor right out of it. 🙁 Maybe I will have to see if I can find that dr pepper icecream syrup..
Tried this recipe, the cupcakes came out great but I’m not a big fan of the frosting. I just dont really like that much powdered sugar. I went to my fall back recipe using sour cream, whipping cream, maraschino cherry juice and only 1 cup of the powdered sugar and ofcourse dr pepper. It came out very well. For those who dont like super sweet frosting, that might be a nice variation.
That sounds equally as delicious! We are going to give that icing a try for any upcoming cupcakes. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Awesome! I’m just not a super sweet frosting person, but the recipe is fantastic. I look forward to more cupcake recipes from you. 🙂
Amanda, what are the measurements for your frosting?
I too would like to know the measurement for your frosting. Do you mind sharing?
Sorry Genie but the icing is an “add to taste” recipe and we didn’t rely on specific measurements other than those which are posted above.
I am hoping to make these tonight for a Valentine’s gift for my boyfriend. Although he drinks Diet Dr. Pepper due to being Type 1 diabetic. I assume and hope that it will turn out just as amazing! Wish me luck!
Do you think these would taste the same with white cake mix? I have a friend who loves DP, but is allergic to chocolate, so if I ever wanted to make these for her, choc cake mix is out… What are your thoughts?
I think it would taste good! I would go for a white cake over vanilla to really let the DP taste come through. Let us now how it turns out!
these turned out terrible for me – the reduction was a fail, doesn’t taste like DP, just a lot of sugar, lol! I am sure I did something wrong, I am a moderate baker to begin with – better luck to all of you ! 🙂
Sorry to hear it didn’t work out for you Leah! The icing is a bit of a challenge to make as it’s not very precise making it a little tricky.