Diet coke cupcakes.

A few weeks ago my friend Chastity told me about cake made with diet coke.  I love cake and diet coke even more than cake.  I decided my first recipe here should be diet coke cupcakes.  Please note that I did not make this recipe up, it is apparently an old Weight Watcher recipe.  

Getting ready to cook.

So, this couldn't be easier.  A box cake mix and a can of diet coke.  I made a special trip to Wal*mart to get the cake mix.  I started with half a box because I wasn't convinced I was going to like these and because I was pretty sure I didn't need 24 cupcakes on hand. I chose the cheapest mix in dark chocolate ($.96) and I always have diet coke on hand.  Start by preheating your oven to 350F.  Dump the cake mix in a bowl and add the can of coke and mix until you have batter. If you are making a cake grease the pan.  I decided to go with cupcakes because I just love them so much.  Here is a picture of the mix:

I think it looked a little weird, but seemed to be the right consistency.

Line the pan with those little paper muffin cups and spoon the mixture in.  

A shot of all you need to make these delicious (and low fat and calorie!) treats.

A different shot.  Messy.  

I use a gas oven and it tends to be a little hot, so I actually set it for 325F.  I baked them for about 20 minutes. 

Just in case you have never seen an oven dial.  

About midway through baking, they look pretty normal.

When a toothpick came out clean I took them out of the oven.  And here they are:

Look pretty good don't they?

Someone suggested topping with fat free cool whip.  I kinda hate cool whip, so I topped with some of that whipped cream from a can.  

Topped off. 

The verdict?  They are a little more dense than a regular cupcake from a cake mix.  However, they are delicious. It is now 1:30 in the morning and I think I will make a little poutine.  This is a Canadian treat.  Stay tuned for how to fix this late night delight.