Mocha Cupcakes

Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Butter cream Frosting Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Main Ingredients: flour espresso butter

Ingredients

  • Maida - 1 cup (all purpose flour)
  • Baking powder - 1 tsp
  • Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - 1/4 tsp
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Brown sugar - 1/4 cup
  • Cocoa powder - 1/3 cup (unsweetened, preferable dutch processed)
  • Butter - 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • Buttermilk - 1/3 cup
  • Egg - 1
  • Egg white - 1
  • Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
  • Instant Coffee powder - 1 tbsps mixed in 3 tbsps hot water
  • Espresso Frosting:
  • 4 tbsps butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 tbsps warm water
  • 2 tsps instant coffee powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 175 C and line a 12 cupcake pan with paper liners.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients - all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, brown sugar and cocoa powder. Keep aside.
  3. In another bowl, beat the egg and egg white lightly with a fork. Add the buttermilk, melted butter, coffee mixture and vanilla essence. Mix well.
  4. Pour this wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until there is no trace of flour and there aren't any lumps.
  5. Pour the batter into each cupcake liner till 3/4th full. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
  6. Allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for 3 mts. Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
  7. To make the frosting, dissolve the instant coffee in warm water. Bring to room temperature. Beat butter, coffee mixture and vanilla essence on medium speed for 4 mts. Slowly add sifted powdered sugar and beat on low speed till all the powdered sugar has been added. Increase speed to medium high and beat for 2 mts until creamy, You can add a few drops of milk for a thinner consistency. Pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.

Tips

  • While frosting the cupcakes, if you find that the butter cream is getting runny due to the heat of your palm, keep it in the fridge for few minutes and frost.

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