Cue JAWS music…
When deciding what to take for our Jimmy Buffett tailgating experience, I of course thought of making cupcakes! I made the Margarita cupcakes but also wanted something more traditional… I saw a picture of some beach and shark cupcakes and thought they were really cute and very fitting.
As usual, when I make more than 1 kind of recipe, I make one from scratch and one from a box. I made the margarita cupcakes from scratch and used the WW Diet Coke method on these babies.
1 box cake mix – I used Devil’s Food
1 can of diet coke – any variety will do – I used Diet Dr Pepper
1 egg white (to help hold it all together)
Follow directions on box for cake or cupcakes except use only ingredients listed above.
I used store bought frosting that and dyed it blue.








I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 






I haven’t made these cookies yet, and suddenly I’m wondering why!
-Miriam
Make sure u add salt on top before baking!
salt before baking???
beantownbaker — January 8th, 2013 @ 8:47 pm
Oh yea – salting cookies before baking takes cookies to a whole new level!
Stumbled across this recipe 6-7 (?) years ago & have NEVER looked back! I lost count of the times that I’ve made them l-o-n-g ago. Making them now, by request, for my best friend’s birthday.
I’m glad that the internet is forever, because no matter how many times I print the recipe out – it always manages to be elusive when I need it!