I remember that, as a kid, it felt so grown-up to be able to go up to the bar at a wedding and order a cocktail. The drink of choice for all the kids was always a Shirley Temple. The cocktail is made with lemon-lime soda and grenadine, and always topped with a maraschino cherry.

These Shirley Temple cupcakes are moist and light (they use a similar base recipe to my perfect vanilla cupcakes). They are flavored with fresh lemon and lime zest. And, of course, there is grenadine in both the cupcakes and the frosting.

Ingredients

My grenadine recipe – like the original one – has only two ingredients, pomegranate juice and sugar. That’s it!

How It’s Made

Start by pouring 4 cups (32 fluid ounces) of pomegranate juice into a medium saucepan. I use pure juice rather than juice from concentrate.