Root Beer Float Cupcakes

This past weekend, I tried to replicate Blondie and Brownie's Root Beer Floatie Cupcakes. It called for a cake mix, instead of a recipe from scratch, but the cake did come out moist without crumbing. (Even though it tasted... boxy.) The frosting was sweet and light cream cheese -- just enough to hold the tiny scoops of ice cream in place.

My only complaint is that for "root beer" cupcakes, (two cups of it in the batter), there was barely any root beer taste. I boiled up some extra soda into a syrup to drizzle over the top to give a little more flavor. Maybe root beer extract in the batter would end up with a better result.

I skipped the brown food coloring, but they're still cute as anything with their little ice cream scoops and straw.

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