Root~Beer Chocolate CupCakes

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Permalink Reply by Melissa on March 11, 2011 at 9:38pm

Did you try using Root Beer  extract?  I have found that helps when making RB cupcakes.  Also, no generic RB; use only Barqs or Mug RB.  I haven't made one in a while so I will look for my recipe and if you are interested I can forward on.

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Permalink Reply by Eva Buchholz on March 12, 2011 at 12:36pm

I did not use the R-B extract .. and yes I used Barqs .. I was so up-set because the cakes smelled like Root-beer hot .. but after the cool down it was just plain old chocolate cakes ..

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Permalink Reply by Christina on March 12, 2011 at 4:22pm

Wow! I have been in the bakery business (retired now) and never heard of root beer cupcakes. Must give those a try. We both love root beer. Tried the coca-cola ones they didn't taste like coca-cola either. Just very moist chocolate cake. Love to experiment!

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Permalink Reply by Eva Buchholz on March 12, 2011 at 9:55pm

That they were very moist .. I too enjoy playing around with different idea's of flavors .. I'll keep plugin away on this Root-Beer recipe .. maybe someday I'll have Root-Beer cakes .. heheee....

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on March 13, 2011 at 11:24pm

I use lorann oils when i need a little more intense of a flavor.  I know they have a rootbeer one because I use it for my rootbeer float cupcakes.  You can purchase it online & it is pretty cheap.  Remember only use about 1/2 tsp for a whole batch of batter.  This stuff is intense =-)

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Permalink Reply by Eva Buchholz on March 14, 2011 at 10:01am

Thank you for your nice reply .. I know a store that has these oils .. I hope they will have the R-B so I can try this again ..

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Permalink Reply by Eva Buchholz on March 14, 2011 at 10:05am

I got some R-B extract yesterday .. so, today i'm making the cakes again .. Rebecca a gal here on CC wrote stating to use this Lorann R-B oil .. I'm going to try that also .. Boy, if I didn't have R-B cakes before I will now .. Thanks to all of you for your help .... 

Melissa said:

Did you try using Root Beer  extract?  I have found that helps when making RB cupcakes.  Also, no generic RB; use only Barqs or Mug RB.  I haven't made one in a while so I will look for my recipe and if you are interested I can forward on.

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