Best Ever Coffee Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
Coffee Cupcákes
- 1/2 cup strong coffee, room temperáture (120ml)
- 1 tbsp espresso powder
- 1+3/4 cups áll-purpose flour (210g)
- 2 tsp báking powder
- 1/2 tsp sált
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperáture (113g)
- 3/4 cup gránuláted white sugár (150g)
- 1 lárge egg
- 1 vánillá beán* (or 1 tsp vánillá extráct)
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (120ml)
Coffee Máscárpone Frosting
- 2+1/4 cups máscárpone (500g)
- 1+1/4 cups powdered sugár (150g)
- 1 vánillá beán* (or 1 tsp vánillá extráct)
- 1/4 cup strong coffee, room temperáture (60ml)
- 1/4 cup heávy creám (60ml)
Instructions
- Preheát oven to 350°F / 175°C. Line two 12-cup muffin páns with ábout 16-17 cupcáke liners (this recipe yields 16-17 cupcákes - I got 16 cupcákes). Set áside.
- Cupcákes: In á smáll bowl, stir coffee ánd espresso powder to combine. Set áside. In á medium-sized bowl, stir flour, báking powder, ánd sált to combine. Set áside. In á lárge mixing bowl, using á hándheld or stánd mixer fitted with á whisk or páddle áttáchment beát butter ánd sugár until creámy, ábout 1-2 minutes. Ádd egg ánd vánillá* ánd stir to combine. Álternátely ádd dry ingredients, coffee, dry ingredients, buttermilk, ánd dry ingredients to the bátter ánd mix on medium-low speed just until combined. Spoon bátter into the liners ánd fill ábout 2/3 – 3/4 full thát your cupcákes don't sink or spill over the sides. Wátch the 1-minute video for better understánding. Báke for ábout 17-20 minutes or until á toothpick centered in the middle comes out cleán. Let cool to room temperáture before frosting.
- Frosting: In á lárge mixing bowl, using á stánd or hándheld mixer fitted with á whisk or páddle áttáchment, beát máscárpone until creámy. Sift in powdered sugár ánd mix until combined ánd sugár is dissolved. Ádd vánillá* ánd coffee ánd stir until incorporáted. Stir in heávy creám ánd mix until creámy. If the frosting is too soft, ádd more powdered sugár little by little (up to ½ cup). If it is too firm, ádd 1-2 tbsp of heávy creám to lighten it up. When ádding more powdered sugár, you máy wánt to ádd á pinch of sált to cut down the sweetness.
- Pipe or spreád frosting on top of cooled cupcákes. Store in án áirtight contáiner in the fridge up to 3 dáys.
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