Cola cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 180oc (gas mark 4)

2. Line a cupcake tray with paper or, idealy, foil liners

3. In a sauce pan heat up the butter and cola until the butter is melted

4. In a large bowl sift the flour, baking powder and the cocoa then add the sugar and mix well.

5. Add the cola mix to the dry ingredients, then the milkand the beaten eggs. Mix till you achieve a nice smooth mixture.

6. Spoon into cases and bake for 25-30mins or until a skewer comes out clean.

7. Leave to cool in the tray for 5mins and turn out on a cooling rack.

8. To make the cola frosting: cream the butter and sift in the cocoa powder.

9. Add the icing sugar alternating with the cola and beat until you get a nice smooth frosting-you might need to add a bit of extra cola if the mixture is too thick.

10. Pipe on top of the cooled cupcake and decorate with fizzy cola bottle sweets and the optional popping candy.