Air Fryer Root Beer Float Cupcakes Recipe

Air Fryer Root Beer Float Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup unsalted butter
• 1½ cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon root beer extract
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1¼ cups root beer

For Finishing

• homemade or store bought frosting
• 24 root beer-flavor hard candies (optional) 12 colorful straws, cut in half

Method

1. Line each silicone muffin cup with a cupcake liner
2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt
3. Set aside
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds
5. Gradually add sugar, about ¼ cup at a time, beating on medium speed until combined
6. Scrape sides of bowl; beat on medium speed about 2 minutes more or until light and fluffy
7. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition
8. Beat in root beer and vanilla extracts
9. Alternately add flour mixture and root beer to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition, just until combined
10. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each halfway
11. Use the back of a spoon to smooth out batter in the cups
12. Place cups 4 at a time in the AIR FRYER basket
13. Set temperature to 330 degrees and time to 10 minutes
14. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on wire racks for 10 minutes
15. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups
16. Cool completely on wire racks
17. Air-fry the remaining cupcakes in batches of 4
18. Pipe or spread frosting over cupcakes
19. If desired, top each cupcake with a root beer-flavor candy and a straw

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