1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tbs cocoa butter
3/4 cup coca cola
1/4 cup maraschino cherry syrup
24 maraschino cherries
fresh whipped cream OR cool whip
ice cream chocolate shell

preheat oven to 350°.

in a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda & salt. beat the egg, buttermilk & vanilla in a second bowl. in a saucepan, boil the coca cola & cherry syrup gently for five minutes. melt in the butter & cocoa powder.

pour into the dry ingredients. stir well with a wooden spoon. add wet ingredients, beating until everything is blended.

pour into cupcake pans. push a cherry into the center of each cupcake. bake for 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

when cool, frost with whipped cream or cool whip, drizzle with chocolate shell, & top each with a maraschino cherry.

Makes 12 cupcakes