Cappuccino Cupcakes
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Calories: 363kcal
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups milk
- 3 tsp espresso powder or instant coffee powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 4 cups plain flour
- 5 tsp baking powder
Icing
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 8 TBSP butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp espresso powder or instant coffee powder
- 4 cups icing mixture
- 24 chocolate covered coffee beans, for garnish
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 190˚C (375˚F).
- Line 24 muffin cups with cupcake liners.
- Melt the butter and set aside to cool.
- Combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon and baking powder in a bowl.
- Add the espresso powder to the milk. Stir to dissolve.
- Add the cooled butter to the milk mixture.
- Lightly beat the eggs, then add to the milk mixture, mixing well.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, a little at a time. Stirring as you go, until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- Fill the cupcake liners to about 1/4 inch from the tops.
- Bake on the centre rack for about 15 minutes. To test, insert a toothpick into the centre of a cupcake. It should come out clean.
- Remove cupcakes from the oven to a wire rack to cool.
Icing
- Beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy.
- Add butter and beat to combine.
- Beat in vanilla and espresso powder.
- Add the icing mixture a little at a time and mix until combined well. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Using an apple corer, insert it into the middle of the cupcake, going down about 2/3 and then pull it out. You could also carefully scoop out the centre with a spoon if you don't have an apple corer.
- Fill the hole with icing, using a piping tip or scoop it in with a spoon.
- Decorate the tops of the cupcakes with icing. (These ones were done with a #1A tip).
- Top with a chocolate covered coffee bean.
- Enjoy for up to a week, when refridgerated.
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Nutrition
Calories: 363kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 223mg | Potassium: 85mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 533IU | Vitamin C: 0.005mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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