… not just any old coke, have a Coca-Cola cupcake. I’ve wanted to give this recipe a whirl since the very first time I flicked through my beloved copy of ‘How To Be A Domestic Goddess’. Reading Laura’s post about her experience of the recipe persuaded me that I simply couldn’t live without these cupcakes in my life any longer.

I love trashy baking and, lets face it, you can’t get more trashy that Coca-Cola! Don’t get me wrong, I can fully appreciate beautiful, high quality, artisan ingredients and I always shop with the mindset that I should buy the best I can afford. But there is something deeply satisfying about the look on a person’s face when you tell them that the delicious sweet treat they’ve just devoured contains an ingredient that most hardened foodies would consider sacrilegious.

I would go so far as to say that these are my best cupcakes to date. The sponge was moist and springy and the coke imparts a subtle but delicious spiciness to them. The cola bottle decor can be attributed to the fact I made these with Izzy (I do so love whiling away the afternoon in the kitchen with her), but Nigella does suggest topping them with walnut halves too. I also think you could add a little grown-up glamour by topping each cake with a gold dragee.

Wander over to Laura’s blog for the full recipe but before you go enjoy a little cupcake porn on me…So ladies , do you have a favourite trashy food? A guilty pleasure, if you will! Aside from my insatiable appetite for Cadbury’s Double Deckers (the children gave me 30 for my birthday) I’m quite partial to marshmallows, I can eat a whole bag in one sitting!

Loveaudrey xxx