Cherry Coke Cupcakes

Cupcakes
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 powder
3/4 cup Cherry coke
1/4 cup marachino cherry syrup
24 marachino cherries

Frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cube softened butter
2 tbsp cherry coke

Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg, buttermilk, and vanilla in a second bowl. In a saucepan, boil the Chery Coke and cherry syrup gently for five minutes. Melt in the butter and cocoa powder. Pour into the dry ingredients, stir well with a wooden spoon, and then add the liquid ingredients, beating until everything is blended. Pour into the cupcake pans and push a cherry into the center of each cupcake. Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
When cool. Frost with Cherry Coke frosting and let set. Top with a cherry - enjoy!

Mango Salsa

• 1 mango, peeled and diced
• 1/2 cup peeled, diced cucumber
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped jalapeno
• 1/3 cup diced red onion
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
  
• 1/3 cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves
• Salt and pepper

Combine the mango, cucumber, jalapeno, red onion, lime juice and cilantro leaves and mix well. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.